Public domain
The work and displayed translations are recorded as public domain or from an open transcription.
Sextus Empiricus
Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 34
Section 723 of 757
Canonical reference 6.34
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
ὥστε οὐχ αἱρετὸν μουσικὴ παρόσον τοὺς εἰδήμονας αὐτῆς ἐπὶ πλεῖον τέρπεσθαι συμβέβηκεν. καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ τῷ προ- οδοποιεῖν τὴν ψυχὴν εἰς σοφίαν· ἀνάπαλιν γὰρ ἀντικόπτει καὶ ἀντιβαίνει πρὸς τὸ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐφίεσθαι, εὐαγώγους εἰς ἀκολασίαν καὶ λαγνείαν παρασκευάζουσα τοὺς νέους,
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Thus music is not choiceworthy because those acquainted with it happen to receive greater pleasure. Nor, indeed, is it choiceworthy because it prepares the soul’s path toward wisdom. On the contrary, it obstructs and opposes aspiration toward virtue, making young people readily susceptible to licentiousness and lust,
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
La musique n’est donc pas désirable sous prétexte que ceux qui la connaissent éprouvent un plaisir plus grand. Elle ne l’est pas davantage parce qu’elle préparerait à l’âme le chemin de la sagesse. Au contraire, elle fait obstacle et s’oppose à la recherche de la vertu, en rendant les jeunes gens faciles à entraîner vers l’intempérance et la débauche,
Concepts in this passage
Care of the soul
View detailed page
Filter the library
Equipollence
View detailed page
Filter the library
Knowledge
View detailed page
Filter the library
Suspension of judgment
View detailed page
Filter the library
Virtue
View detailed page
Filter the library
Wisdom
View detailed page
Filter the library