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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Ethicists, Book XI of Against the Learned Section 112

Section 112 of 257

Canonical reference 11.112

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

καὶ τοῦτο μάθοιμεν ἂν μικρὸν ἄνωθεν προλαβόντες. Πᾶσα τοίνυν κακοδαιμονία γίνεται διά τινα ταραχήν. ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶσα ταραχὴ παρέπεται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἤτοι διὰ τὸ συντόνως τινὰ διώκειν ἢ καὶ διὰ τὸ συντόνως τινὰ φεύγειν.

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

We can learn this by beginning a little earlier. All unhappiness arises through some disturbance. And every disturbance attends human beings either because they pursue something intensely or because they intensely avoid something.

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

Nous pourrons le comprendre en reprenant les choses d’un peu plus haut. Tout malheur provient d’un trouble. Or tout trouble survient aux hommes soit parce qu’ils poursuivent intensément une chose, soit parce qu’ils la fuient intensément.

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