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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.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
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.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
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.
Concepts in this passage
Equipollence
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Suspension of judgment
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Virtue
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