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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Ethicists, Book XI of Against the Learned Section 17
Section 17 of 257
Canonical reference 11.17
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
ἐῴκει γὰρ ἡ μὲν τοιαύτη διαίρεσις τῇ λεγούσῃ ‟τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἱ μέν εἰσιν Ἕλληνες, οἱ δὲ βάρβαροι, τῶν δὲ βαρβάρων οἱ μὲν Αἰγύπτιοι, οἱ δὲ Πέρσαι, οἱ δὲ ᾿Ινδοί”· ἡ δὲ ἐκκειμένη ὡμοίωτο τῇ τοιουτοτρόπῳ· ‟τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἱ μέν εἰσιν Ἕλληνες, οἱ δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι, οἱ δὲ Πέρσαι, οἱ δὲ Ἰνδοί”. Ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τούτων τῶν ἐνστάσεων οὐκ ἀνάγκη νῦν μηκύνειν, ἐκεῖνο δ’ ἴσως ἁρμόσει προδιαρθρῶσαι,
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
For this division resembled the statement: “Of human beings, some are Greeks and others barbarians; of barbarians, some are Egyptians, some Persians, and some Indians.” The division set out earlier resembled: “Of human beings, some are Greeks, some Egyptians, some Persians, and some Indians.” But there is no need to dwell now on these objections. It may, however, be appropriate first to clarify the following.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Cette division ressemblerait en effet à celle-ci : « Parmi les hommes, les uns sont Grecs, les autres barbares ; parmi les barbares, les uns sont Égyptiens, les autres Perses, les autres Indiens. » Celle qui a été proposée ressemble au contraire à celle-ci : « Parmi les hommes, les uns sont Grecs, les autres Égyptiens, les autres Perses, les autres Indiens. » Mais il n’est pas nécessaire de nous étendre maintenant sur ces objections. Il conviendra peut-être de préciser auparavant ceci :
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