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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 21

Section 21 of 927

Canonical reference 7.21

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἠθικῶν κατήρξαντο ὧς ἀναγκαιοτέρων καὶ πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν ἐπισπώντων, καθὸ καὶ ὁ Σωκράτης παρήγγελλε μηδὲν ἄλλο ζητεῖν εἰ μὴ (δ 392) ὅττι τοι ἐν μεγάροισι κακόν τ’ ἀγαθόν τε τέτυκται.

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

Others began with ethics as more necessary and conducive to happiness, just as Socrates instructed us to investigate nothing except “whatever good and evil has been wrought for you in your halls.”

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

D'autres commencèrent par l'éthique, parce qu'elle est plus nécessaire et conduit au bonheur. Socrate recommandait ainsi de ne rien chercher d'autre que (δ 392) «ce qui, dans ta demeure, constitue le mal et le bien».

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