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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 73

Section 656 of 757

Canonical reference 5.73

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

Ἀθετήσαντες δὴ καὶ τὸ κατὰ τοὺς Χαλδαίους ὡροσκό- πιον, συντόμως τε παραστήσαντες τὸν κατὰ τὴν γένεσιν χρόνον ἄληπτον αὐτοῖς εἶναι, ἐπὶ τὸ λειπόμενον τῆς ὑπο- σχέσεως (§ 52;54) μέρος χωρῶμεν. ἐλείπετο δὲ καὶ πεῥὶ τῆς ἀναφορᾶς τῆς ἐν τῷ ζῳδιακῷ κύκλῳ διελθεῖν, ἀπο- στάντας τῶν ἔμπροσθεν ἐκκειμένων ἡμῖν ἐλέγχων.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Having rejected the Chaldeans' timepiece as well, and having briefly established that the time of birth cannot be apprehended by them, let us proceed to the remaining part of our undertaking (§§ 52, 54). It remained for us to discuss the rising within the zodiacal circle, apart from the refutations set out above.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Après avoir rejeté l’instrument horaire des Chaldéens et brièvement établi que le moment de la naissance leur est insaisissable, passons à la partie restante de notre promesse (§ 52; 54). Il nous restait à traiter du lever dans le cercle zodiacal, indépendamment des réfutations exposées précédemment.

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