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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 77

Section 660 of 757

Canonical reference 5.77

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ ἀμφορεὺς οὐχ ὡσαύτως ῥυήσεται πλήρης καθεστώς, ὡσαύ- τως δὲ ἡμίκενος ἢ πρὸς τῷ κενοῦσθαι τυγχάνων, ἀλλʼ ὁτὲ μὲν ὀξύτερον ὁτὲ δὲ |βραδύτερον ὁτὲ δὲ μέσως, τῆς οὐρανίου φορᾶς ἰσοταχῶς διὰ παντὸς ἐλαυνομένης.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

The amphora itself will not flow in the same way when full, half-empty, and close to being emptied, but at one time more rapidly, at another more slowly, and at another at an intermediate rate, while the heavenly motion is driven at equal speed throughout.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

L’amphore elle-même ne s’écoulera pas de la même manière lorsqu’elle est pleine, à moitié vide ou presque vide, mais tantôt plus vite, tantôt plus lentement, tantôt à une vitesse moyenne, alors que le mouvement céleste poursuit toujours sa course à vitesse égale.

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