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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 177

Section 177 of 791

Canonical reference 9.177

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

εἰ δέ ἐστι κρείττων τοῦ θεοῦ, δῆλον ὧς ἐλλιπῶς ἔχων φαύλως ἕξει καὶ φθαρτὸς γενήσεται. ἀλλ’ εἰ μεταξὺ μὲν τῶν ἀντικειμένων οὐδὲν ἔστιν, εἰς οὐδέτερον δὲ ὁρᾶται τῶν ἀντικειμένων ἐμπίπτων ὁ θεός, ῥητέον μὴ εἶναι θεόν.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

If it is superior to god, then god, being deficient, will clearly be in a bad state and become destructible. But if nothing lies between opposites, and god is seen to fall under neither of the opposites, we must say that god does not exist.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Mais si elle est supérieure à dieu, il est clair que celui-ci, se trouvant en état d’insuffisance, sera mauvaisement disposé et deviendra corruptible. Or, puisqu’il n’existe rien entre les contraires et que dieu ne paraît tomber dans aucun des deux contraires, il faut dire que dieu n’existe pas.

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