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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 38

Section 484 of 927

Canonical reference 8.38

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

τὸ δὲ ἀληθὲς οὐχ ὁμοίως πάντας κινεῖ, ἀλλὰ ταὐτὸν ὧς μὲν πρὸς τόνδε ἀληθὲς εἶναι φαίνεται, ὧς δὲ πρὸς ἕτερον ψεῦδος. οὐκ ἄρα τῶν κατὰ διαφορὰν καὶ φύσει ὑποκειμένων ἐστὶ τὸ ἀληθές. εἰ δὲ τῶν πρός τι ἔστιν, ἐπεὶ τὰ πρός τι νοεῖται μόνον, οὐχὶ δὲ καὶ ὑπάρχει, πάντως καὶ τἀληθὲς ἐπινοητὸν ἔσται μόνον, οὐχ ὑπάρξει δέ.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

But the true does not affect everyone in the same way. The same thing appears true to one person and false to another. Therefore the true is not among things that underlie by differentiation and by nature. But if it is among relative things, then since relative things are only conceived and do not also exist, the true too will be merely conceived and will not exist.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Or le vrai ne meut pas tous les hommes de la même manière: une même chose paraît vraie à l’un et fausse à l’autre. Le vrai n’appartient donc pas aux choses qui existent distinctement et par nature. S’il appartient aux relatifs, puisque les relatifs sont seulement conçus et n’existent pas aussi réellement, le vrai sera nécessairement seulement conçu et n’existera pas.

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