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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 35

Section 481 of 927

Canonical reference 8.35

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

οὐ τοίνυν ἀληθές ἐστι τὸ γενικώτατον. καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ ψεῦδος διὰ τἀς ὁμοίας ἀπορίας. εἰ γὰρ ψεῦδός ἐστι, πάντα ἔσται τὰ μετέχοντα αὐτοῦ ψευδῆ· πάντα δὲ αὐτοῦ μετέχει τά τε σώματα καὶ τὰ ἀσώματα· πάντα ἄρα γενήσεται ψευδῆ. τῷ δὲ πάντα εἶναι ψευδῆ αἱ ἀνάλογον ἀπορίαι ἀκολουθήσουσιν.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Therefore the most general genus is not true. Nor is it false, because of similar perplexities. For if it is false, everything participating in it will be false; and everything, both bodies and incorporeals, participates in it. Therefore everything will become false, and analogous perplexities will follow from everything’s being false.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Le genre le plus général n’est donc pas vrai. Il n’est certes pas faux non plus, en raison de difficultés semblables. Car s’il est faux, toutes les choses qui participent de lui seront fausses. Or tout participe de lui, les corps comme les incorporels. Toutes choses deviendront donc fausses, et les difficultés correspondantes suivront de l’affirmation que tout est faux.

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