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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Ethicists, Book XI of Against the Learned Section 135

Section 135 of 257

Canonical reference 11.135

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

γον, ἐπείπερ τὸν ἐπὶ πλοῦτον ἢ δόξαν ἢ ὑγείαν ὧς ἀγαθὸν ὁρμῶντα ἀποστρέφων εἰς τὸ μὴ ταῦτα διώκειν ἀλλὰ τὸ καλόν, εἰ τύχοι, καὶ τὴν ἀρετήν, οὐκ ἐλευθεροῖ τῆς διώξεως, ἀλλ’ ἐφ’ ἑτέραν μετατίθησι δίωξιν.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

since, when it turns someone impelled toward wealth, reputation, or health as good away from pursuing these and directs him instead toward, say, moral beauty and virtue, it does not free him from pursuit but transfers him to another pursuit.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

puisque, détournant celui qui tend vers la richesse, la gloire ou la santé comme vers un bien afin qu’il ne les poursuive plus, mais poursuive plutôt le beau moral et la vertu, il ne le libère pas de la poursuite, mais le transfère vers une autre poursuite.

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