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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 40
Section 623 of 757
Canonical reference 5.40
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
| καὶ δοκεῖ κατὰ μὲν τρίγωνον ἀγαθοποιῷ κακοποιὸς συσχηματιζόμενος εὐεργετικὸς εἶ- ναι καὶ πολὺ μᾶλλον ἀγαθοποιός, ἀγαθοποιῷ δὲ ἤπιος αὐτὸ μόνον, καὶ κακοποιὸς κακοποιῷ, κατὰ δὲ τὸ τετρά- γωνον ἀνάπαλιν. ἐπίκεντροι δὲ λέγονται οἱ ἐπί τινος τῶν κέντρων θεωρούμενοι, ἤτοι ἐπὶ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου ἢ τοῦ μεσουρανήματος ἢ δύσεως ἀντιμεσουρανήματος.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
It is thought that in a trine configuration a maleficent star configured with a beneficent one becomes helpful and much more beneficent, while a beneficent star with another beneficent star is merely mild, and likewise a maleficent star with a maleficent one. In a square configuration the reverse holds. Stars are called angular when observed at one of the centers, namely at the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant, or Anti-Midheaven.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Il semble que, dans une configuration triangulaire, un astre malfaisant configuré avec un bienfaisant devienne bénéfique et bien davantage bienfaisant; avec un autre bienfaisant, il est seulement doux; de même un malfaisant avec un malfaisant. Dans la configuration carrée, c’est l’inverse. Sont dits angulaires les astres observés sur l’un des centres, c’est-à-dire à l’horoscope, au milieu du ciel, au couchant ou au fond du ciel.
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