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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 101
Section 101 of 791
Canonical reference 9.101
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
Ζήνων δὲ ὁ Κιτιεὺς (fr. 113 Arn.) ἀπὸ Ξενοφῶντος τὴν ἀφορμὴν λαβὼν οὑτωσὶ συνερωτᾷ· “τὸ προϊέμενον σπέρμα λογικοῦ καὶ αὐτὸ λογικόν ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ κόσμος προίεται σπέρμα λογικοῦ· λογικὸν ἄρα ἐστὶν ὁ κό- σμος. ᾧ συνεισάγεται καὶ ἡ τούτου ὕπαρξις.”
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Zeno of Citium (fr. 113 Arn.), taking his starting point from Xenophon, argued as follows: “That which emits the seed of a rational being is itself rational. But the cosmos emits the seed of a rational being. Therefore the cosmos is rational.” Its existence is introduced together with this conclusion.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Zénon de Citium (fr. 113 Arn.), prenant son point de départ chez Xénophon, raisonne ainsi : « Ce qui émet la semence d’un être raisonnable est lui-même raisonnable. Or le monde émet la semence d’un être raisonnable. Le monde est donc raisonnable. Et son existence est introduite avec cette conclusion. »
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