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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 52
Section 635 of 757
Canonical reference 5.52
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
ὅτι δὲ ἀνεύρετον αὐτοῖς ἐστι τὸ ὡροσκοποῦν ζῴδιον, ποικίλως ἔνεστι δι- δάσκειν. ἵνα γὰρ τοῦτο καταληφθῇ, δεῖ πρῶτον μὲν τὴν γένεσιν τοῦ πίπτοντος ὑπὸ τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν βεβαίως κατει- λῆφθαι, δεύτερον δὲ τὸ διασημαῖνον ταύτην ὡροσκόπιον ἀπλανὲς ὑπάρχειν, τρίτον δὲ τὴν ἀναφορὰν τοῦ ζωδίου πρὸς ἀκρίβειαν συνῶφθαι.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
That the ascending sign cannot be discovered by them may be shown in many ways. For it to be apprehended, first the birth of the person under examination must be securely apprehended; second, the timepiece signaling it must be free from error; and third, the rising of the sign must be observed precisely.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
On peut montrer de diverses manières qu’ils ne peuvent découvrir le signe à l’horoscope. Pour le saisir, il faut premièrement avoir déterminé avec certitude la naissance de la personne examinée; deuxièmement, que l’instrument horaire qui la signale ne soit pas sujet à l’erreur; troisièmement, avoir observé avec précision le lever du signe.
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