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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 64

Section 64 of 791

Canonical reference 9.64

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

πάρεστι δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν φυσικῶν πληθὺν ἰδεῖν σύμφωνον τῇ ποιητικῇ· καὶ γὰρ Πυθαγόρας καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰωνίας Σωκράτης τε καὶ Πλάτων’ καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Στοᾶς, τάχα δὲ οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν κήπων, ὧς αἱ ῥηταὶ τοῦ Ἐπικούρου λέξεις μαρτυροῦσι, θεὸν ἀπολείπουσιν.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

We may also see the multitude of natural philosophers agreeing with poetry. Pythagoras, Empedocles, the Ionians, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and perhaps those of the Garden, as the express words of Epicurus testify, all leave room for god.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

On peut également voir que la multitude des physiciens s’accorde avec la poésie. Pythagore, Empédocle, les penseurs d’Ionie, Socrate, Platon, Aristote et les Stoïciens, peut-être même ceux du Jardin, comme l’attestent les paroles expresses d’Épicure, laissent tous subsister dieu.

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