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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 35

Section 618 of 757

Canonical reference 5.35

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

ὑψώματα δὲ καλοῦσιν ἀστέρων, καὶ ταπεινώματα ὡσαύτως, τὰ ἐν οἷς χαίρουσιν ἢ ὀλίγην δύναμιν ἔχουσιν· χαίρουσι μὲν γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ὑψώμασιν, ὀλί- γην δὲ δύναμιν ἔχουσιν ἐν τοῖς ταπεινώμασιν.

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Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

They call the signs in which the stars rejoice their exaltations, and likewise those in which they have little power their depressions. For they rejoice in their exaltations and possess little power in their depressions.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Ils appellent exaltations et, pareillement, dépressions des astres les signes dans lesquels ceux-ci se réjouissent ou n’ont qu’une faible puissance. Ils se réjouissent dans leurs exaltations et possèdent peu de puissance dans leurs dépressions.

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