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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 1
Section 447 of 927
Canonical reference 8.1
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
Ὅσα μὲν ἀπορητικῶς εἴωθε λέγεσθαι παρὰ τοῖς σκεπτικοῖς εἰς ἀναίρεσιν τοῦ κριτηρίου τῆς ἀληθείας, διὰ τοῦ προανυσθέντος ἡμῖν ὑπομνήματος ἐπεληλύθαμεν· συναποδόντες δὲ αὐτοῖς καὶ τὴν ἄνωθεν ἀπὸ τῶν φυσικῶν μέχρι τῶν νεωτέρων καταγομένην ἱστορίαν (Ι46;260), τοὐπὶ πᾶσιν ὑπεσχόμεθα καὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ κατ’ ἰδίαν ἐρεῖν τοῦ ἀληθοῦς. ὅθεν νῦν τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν πληροῦντες ἐν πρώτοις σκεπτώμεθα εἰ ἔστι τι ἀληθές. εἰ ἔστι τι ἀληθές
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
In the preceding treatise we reviewed the arguments customarily advanced in a spirit of perplexity by the Skeptics to abolish the criterion of truth. Having also supplied the historical account handed down from the natural philosophers of old to the more recent thinkers (I 46; 260), we finally promised to discuss truth itself separately. Now, therefore, in fulfillment of that promise, let us first consider whether anything is true.
Whether Anything Is True
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Nous avons parcouru, dans le traité précédent, les arguments aporétiques que les sceptiques ont coutume d’avancer pour supprimer le critère de la vérité. Après leur avoir joint l’exposé historique qui descend depuis les physiciens anciens jusqu’aux plus récents (I, 46; 260), nous avons enfin promis de parler séparément du vrai lui-même. Accomplissant maintenant cette promesse, examinons d’abord s’il existe quelque chose de vrai.
S’il existe quelque chose de vrai
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