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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 45

Section 734 of 757

Canonical reference 6.45

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

περιγράφεται δέ τινα πρὸς τούτων διαστήματα, καθʼ ὁ καὶ ἡ φωνὴ κινεῖται ἤτοι ἐπὶ τὸ ὀξύτερον ἀναβαίνουσα ἤ ἐπὶ τὸ βα- ρύτερον ἀνιεμένη. παρʼ ἣν αἰτίαν κατὰ τὸ ἀνάλογον τῶν διαστημάτων τούτων τὰ μέν σύμφωνα τὰ δὲ διάφωνα προσηγόρευται,

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

They also define certain intervals according to which the voice moves, either ascending toward the higher or relaxing toward the lower. For this reason, by analogy with the notes, some of these intervals are called consonant and others dissonant.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Ils délimitent en outre certains intervalles suivant lesquels la voix se meut, soit en montant vers l’aigu, soit en se relâchant vers le grave. Pour cette raison, selon une analogie avec ces intervalles, certains sont appelés consonants et d’autres dissonants.

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