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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Ethicists, Book XI of Against the Learned Section 147

Section 147 of 257

Canonical reference 11.147

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

ὁ δὲ μήτε ἐν τοῖς φύσει ἀγαθοῖς τάττων τὸν πλοῦτον μήτε ἐν τοῖς φύσει κακοῖς, τὴν δὲ ‟οὐ μᾶλλον” προφερόμενος φωνήν, οὔτε ἐπὶ τῇ ἀπουσίᾳ τούτου ταράττεται οὔτε ἐπὶ τῇ παρουσίᾳ γέγηθεν, μένει δὲ καθ’ ἑκάτερον ἀτάραχος. ὥστ’ ἐν μὲν τοῖς κατὰ δόξαν νομιζομένοις ἀγαθοῖς τε καὶ κακοῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς τούτων αἱρέσεσι καὶ φυγαῖς τελέως ἐστὶν εὐδαίμων,

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

But one who ranks wealth neither among things good by nature nor among things evil by nature, and utters the expression “no more,” is neither disturbed by its absence nor overjoyed by its presence, but remains undisturbed in either condition. Thus with respect to things regarded by opinion as good and evil, and choices and avoidances of them, he is completely happy.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Mais celui qui ne range la richesse ni parmi les biens naturels ni parmi les maux naturels, et qui prononce la formule « pas davantage », n’est troublé ni par son absence ni transporté de joie par sa présence ; il demeure sans trouble dans les deux cas. À l’égard des prétendus biens et maux qui dépendent de l’opinion, ainsi que de leur choix et de leur fuite, il est donc parfaitement heureux.

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