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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Ethicists, Book XI of Against the Learned Section 250

Section 250 of 257

Canonical reference 11.250

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

καὶ εἰκότως· παντὸς γοῦν πράγματος αἰσθητοῦ ἢ νοητοῦ γίνεται κατάληψις ἤτοι κατὰ ἐνάργειαν περιπτωτικῶς ἢ κατὰ τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν περιπτωτικῶς πεφηνότων ἀναλογιστικὴν μετάβασιν, καὶ ταύτην ἤτοι ὁμοιωτικήν, ὧς ὅταν ἀπὸ τῆς Σωκράτους εἰκόνος γνωρίζηται ὁ μὴ παρὼν Σωκράτης, ἢ συνθετικήν,

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

And reasonably so. For every perceptible or intelligible thing is apprehended either directly through evident presentation or through an inferential transition from things directly apparent. This transition is either by resemblance, as when Socrates, though absent, is known from an image of Socrates, or by composition,

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Et cela est raisonnable. En effet, toute chose sensible ou intelligible est saisie soit directement, par une rencontre évidente, soit par un passage raisonné à partir des choses apparues lors d’une telle rencontre. Ce passage s’effectue soit par similitude, comme lorsque l’image de Socrate fait connaître Socrate absent, soit par composition,

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