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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 50

Section 633 of 757

Canonical reference 5.50

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

Ἀρχὴ τοίνυν καὶ ὥσπερ θεμέλιος τῆς Χαλδαϊκῆς ἐστι τὸ στῆναι τὸν ὡροσκόπον ἀπὸ τούτου γὰρ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν κέντρων λαμβάνεται, τά τε ἀποκλίματα καὶ αἱ ἐπαναφο- ραὶ τά τε τρίγωνα καὶ τὰ τετράγωνα καὶ οἱ κατʼ αὐτὰ σχηματισμοὶ τῶν ἀστέρων, ἀπὸ δὲ πάντων τούτων αἱ προαγορεύσεις.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

The principle and, as it were, foundation of the Chaldean art is the establishment of the Ascendant. For from this the other centers are determined, as well as the declining places, post-ascensions, trines, squares, and the configurations of the stars in them; and from all these come the predictions.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Le principe et, pour ainsi dire, le fondement de la doctrine chaldéenne consiste à déterminer l’horoscope. C’est à partir de lui que sont déterminés les autres centres, les déclins, les lieux succédents, les triangles, les carrés et les configurations correspondantes des astres; et c’est de tous ces éléments que proviennent les prédictions.

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