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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 40

Section 486 of 927

Canonical reference 8.40

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

Δυνάμει δὲ καὶ ὁ Αἰνησίδημος τὰς ὁμοιοτρόπους κατὰ τὸν τόπον ἀπορίας τίθησιν. εἰ γὰρ ἔστι τι ἀληθές, ἤτοι αἰσθητόν ἐστιν ἢ νοητόν ἐστιν, ἢ καὶ νοητόν ἐστι καὶ αἰσθητόν ἐστιν. [ἢ] οὔτε δὲ αἰσθητόν ἐστιν οὔτε νοητόν ἐστιν, οὔτε τὸ συναμφότερον, ὧς παρασταθήσεται· οὐκ ἄρα ἔστι τι ἀληθές.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Aenesidemus also in effect states perplexities of the same kind on this subject. For if anything is true, it is either sensible, intelligible, or both intelligible and sensible. But it is neither sensible nor intelligible, nor both together, as will be established. Therefore nothing is true.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Énésidème pose aussi, en puissance, des difficultés semblables sur cette question. Car s’il existe quelque chose de vrai, cette chose est soit sensible, soit intelligible, soit à la fois intelligible et sensible. Or elle n’est ni sensible, ni intelligible, ni les deux ensemble, comme on l’établira. Il n’existe donc rien de vrai.

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