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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 29

Section 718 of 757

Canonical reference 6.29

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

Ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν πρὸς τὰ ἐγκεχειρημένα λόγος ἐστὶ τοιοῦτος· προηγουμένως δέ λέγεται [καὶ] κατὰ μουσικῆς ὡς εἴπερ ἐστὶ χρειώδης, ἤτοι κατὰ τοῦτο λέγεται χρειοῦν παρόσον 〈ὁ〉 μουσικευσάμενος πλεῖον παρὰ τοὺς ἰδιώτας τέρπεται πρὸς μουσικῶν ἀκροαμάτων, ἢ παρόσον οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγα- θούς γενέσθαι μὴ προπαιδευθέντας ὑπʼ αὐτῶν,

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Such, then, is the argument against the points already advanced. More fundamentally, it is argued against music that, if it is useful, it is said to be useful either because the person trained in music receives more pleasure than the layperson from musical performances, or because people cannot become good unless first educated by them,

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Telle est donc la réponse aux arguments avancés. Mais on soutient principalement contre la musique que, si elle est utile, on dit qu’elle sert soit parce que celui qui l’a étudiée éprouve plus de plaisir que les profanes à écouter des œuvres musicales, soit parce qu’on ne peut devenir bon sans avoir reçu d’elles une éducation préalable,

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