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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 65

Section 648 of 757

Canonical reference 5.65

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

καὶ μὴν οὐδʼ ἐξ ἀποτέξεως. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἄπορόν ἐστι τὸ πότε ῥητέον ἀπότεξιν εἶναι, ἆρά γε ὁπόταν ἄρχηται προκύπτειν εἰς τὸν ψυχρὸν ἀέρα τὸ ἀποτικτόμενον, ἢ ὅταν ὅλον ἐξίσχῃ, ἢ ὅταν εἰς τὴν γῆν κατενεχθῇ.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Nor indeed can it be established from delivery. First, it is perplexing when one should say that delivery occurs: when the child begins to emerge into the cold air, when it is wholly outside, or when it is lowered to the ground.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Mais il n’est pas davantage possible de le déterminer à partir de l’accouchement. D’abord, il est difficile de dire quand il faut parler d’accouchement: est-ce lorsque l’enfant commence à émerger dans l’air froid, lorsqu’il est entièrement sorti, ou lorsqu’il est déposé sur le sol?

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