For the assertion of contradictory statements about the same thing seems to have arisen largely from the belief that the quantity of bodies does not endure, which, our opponents hold, justifies them in saying that the same thing both is and is not four cubits long.
Dirudienez, gauza berari buruz esakune kontraesankorrak predikatzen dituzte, gorputzetan kantitateak irauten ez 25) duela uste dutelako; eta hau dela eta, gauza bera lau ukondoko dela eta ez dela baieztatzen dute.