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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 60

Section 60 of 927

Canonical reference 7.60

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

Καὶ Πρωταγόραν δὲ τὸν Ἀβδηρίτ ην ἐγκατέλεξάν τινες τῷ χορῷ τῶν ἀναιρούντων τὸ κριτήριον φιλοσόφων, ἐπεί φησι πάσας τὰς φαντασίας καὶ τὰς δόξας ἀληθεῖς ὑπάρχειν καὶ τῶν πρός τι εἶναι τὴν ἀλήθειαν διὰ τὸ πᾶν τὸ φανὲν ἢ δόξαν τινὶ εὐθέως πρὸς ἐκεῖνον ὑπάρχειν. ἐναρχόμενος γοῦν τῶν Καταβαλλόντων ἀνεφώνησε (B 1 Diels) „πάντων χρημάτων μέτρον ἐστὶν ἄνθρωπος, τῶν μὲν ὄντων ὡς ἔστιν,

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Some enrolled Protagoras of Abdera in the company of philosophers who abolish the criterion, since he says that all impressions and beliefs are true and that truth is among things relative, because everything that appears or is believed by someone exists immediately in relation to that person. Thus, at the beginning of his Downthrowing Arguments, he proclaimed: “Of all things the human being is the measure, of those that are, that they are...”

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Certains ont aussi rangé Protagoras d'Abdère dans le chœur des philosophes qui suppriment le critère, puisqu'il affirme que toutes les représentations et toutes les opinions sont vraies, et que la vérité appartient aux relatifs, parce que tout ce qui apparaît ou semble à quelqu'un existe aussitôt relativement à lui. Au commencement des Discours terrassants, il proclama donc (B 1 Diels): «L'homme est la mesure de toutes choses, de celles qui sont, en tant qu'elles sont,

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