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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 46

Section 492 of 927

Canonical reference 8.46

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν φάσκειν πᾶν αἰσθητὸν καὶ πᾶν νοητὸν ἀληθὲς εἶναι τῶν ἀμηχάνων· μάχε- ται γὰρ τὰ αἰσθητὰ τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς καὶ τὰ νοητὰ τοῖς νοητοῖς καὶ ἐναλλάξ τὰ αἰσθητὰ τοῖς νοητοῖς, καὶ δεήσει πάντων ἀληθῶν ὄντων τὸ αὐτὸ εἶναι καὶ μὴ εἶναι, ἀληθές τε ὑπάρχειν καὶ ψεῦδος. τὶ δὲ αἰσθητὸν ἀληθὲς καὶ τὶ νοητὸν ἀληθὲς ἀξιοῦν πάλιν τῶν ἀπόρων·

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

But claiming that every sensible and every intelligible thing is true is impossible. Sensible things conflict with sensible things, intelligible things with intelligible things, and in turn sensible things with intelligible things. If all are true, the same thing will have to be and not be, and be both true and false. Again, maintaining that some sensible and some intelligible thing is true is perplexing.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Mais affirmer que tout sensible et tout intelligible est vrai est impossible. Les sensibles sont en conflit avec les sensibles, les intelligibles avec les intelligibles et, réciproquement, les sensibles avec les intelligibles. Si tout est vrai, il faudra que la même chose soit et ne soit pas, qu’elle soit vraie et fausse. D’autre part, prétendre que tel sensible est vrai et tel intelligible vrai est encore une difficulté;

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