Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes, Robert Gregg Bury (Translator), 3.20.155

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[155] It is in this way that they image forth both the bodies and the whole Universe, which also they declare to be arranged according to harmonic ratios¹—namely, that of the ‟By-Fours,” which is ‟epitrite,” as is the ratio of 8 to 6; and that of the “ By-Fives,” which is one and a half times, as is the ratio of 9 to 6; and that of the ‟By-Alls,” which is double, as is the ratio of 12 to 6.

Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes. Sextus Empiricus. Robert Gregg Bury (Translator). London. 1933.

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Outlines of Pyrrhonism (English) (Sextus Empiricus, Vol. 1. Bury, Robert Gregg, translator. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933.)

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Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes First1KGreek (Sextus Empiricus. Sexti Empiricii Opera, Volume 1. Mutschmann, Hermann, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1912.) — 3.20.155 focus

[155] καὶ οὕτω τά τε σώματα καὶ ὅλον τὸν κόσμον ἐνειδωλοποιοῦσιν, ὅντινα καὶ διοικεῖσθαί φασι κατὰ ἁρμονικοὺς λόγους, τόν τε διὰ τεσσάρων, ὅς ἐστιν ἐπίτριτος, ὡς ἔχει
πρὸς τὰ ἕξ τὰ ὀκτώ, καὶ τὸν διὰ πέντε, ὅς ἐστιν ἡμιόλιος, ὧς ἔχει πρὸς τὰ ἕξ τὰ ἐννέα, καὶ τὸν διὰ πασῶν, ὅς ἐστι διπλάσιος, ὧς ἔχει πρὸς τὰ ἕξ τὰ δώδεκα.

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Outlines of Pyrrhonism

1. The terms here used are those of the Pythagorean musical (‟octave”) system, and denote the ratios 4: 3, 3:2,2: 1. Cf. Plato, Tim. 36 a; Adv. Arithm. 6–9, Adv. Mus. 46.

Sextus Empiricus Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes 3.20.155

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