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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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