Sextus Empiricus > Quotes

“Skepticism relieved two terrible diseases that afflicted mankind: anxiety and dogmatism.”
― Sextus Empiricus

“Guard yourself from lying; there is he who deceives and there is he who is deceived.”
― Sextus

“The wise man is always similar to himself.”
― Sextus Empiricus

“Those who claim for themselves to judge the truth are bound to possess a criterion of truth. This criterion, then, either is without a judge's approval or has been approved. But if it is without approval, whence comes it that it is truthworthy? For no matter of dispute is to be trusted without judging. And, if it has been approved, that which approves it, in turn, either has been approved or has not been approved, and so on ad infinitum.”
― Sextus Empiricus

“Полезното за живота го откриват по-скоро прозаичните писатели, отколкото поетите. Защото първите се стремят към истината, докато в същото време вторите с всички сили се стремят да привличат душата, а душата се привлича по-скоро от лъжата, отколкото от истината.”
― Sextus Empiricus

“τοίνυν οὔκ ἔστιν εὔλογον πρὸς τὰς τῶν ἀστέρων κινήσεις διοικεῖσθαι τὸν βίον· ἢ εἴπερ ἔστιν εὔλογον, ἡμῖν πάντως ἀκατάληπτον.”
― Sextus Empiricus, Sextus Empiricus

“Kendinde hakikati yargılama hakkını görenler, hakikatin kriterine sahip olmak zorundadırlar. Bu kriter bir yargıcın onayına sahip olabilir de, olmayabilir de. Şayet onaya sahip değilse, güvenilir olması nereden gelir? Bilakis, sorgulanmamış, yargılanmamış hiçbir meselenin kesinliği yahut gerçekliği güvenilir değildir. Ve eğer hakikat kriteri bir yargıcın onayına sahipse, karşılığında bu yargıç da başka bir yargıcın onayına sahip olabilir ya da olmayabilir, şayet onaya sahip değilse veyahut bir başka yargıcın onayına sahipse, ad infinitum.”
― Sextus Empiricus

“εἰ δὲ καὶ περί τινων μὴ ἔχομεν εἰπεῖν αὐτέθεν ἀνωμαλίαν, λεκτέον ὅτι ἔν τισιν ἔθνεσιν ἀγνοονμένοις ἡμῖν ενδέχεται καὶ περί αὐτῶν εἶναι διαφωνίαν.”
― Sextus Empiricus