Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes, Robert Gregg Bury (Translator), 2.11.112

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[112] And those who judge by ‟implication”¹ declare that a hypothetical syllogism is true when its consequent is potentially included in its antecedent; and according to them the syllogism ‟If day exists, day exists,” and every such duplicated syllogism, will probably be false; for it is not feasible that any object should itself be included in itself.

Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes. Sextus Empiricus. Robert Gregg Bury (Translator). London. 1933.

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Outlines of Pyrrhonism (English) (Sextus Empiricus, Vol. 1. Bury, Robert Gregg, translator. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933.)

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Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes First1KGreek (Sextus Empiricus. Sexti Empiricii Opera, Volume 1. Mutschmann, Hermann, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1912.) — 2.11.112 focus

[112] οἱ δὲ τῇ ἐμφάσει κρίνοντές φασιν ὅτι ἀληθές συνημμένον οὗ τὸ λῆγον ἐν τῷ ἡγουμένῳ περιέχεται
δυνάμει· καθ’ οὓς τὸ ‘εἰ ἡμέρα ἔστιν, ἡμέρα ἔστι καὶ πᾶν τὸ διαφορούμενον ἀξίωμα] συνημμένον ἴσως ψεῦδος ἔσται·

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Outlines of Pyrrhonism

1. ‟Implication” (emphasis) is power of signifying more than is explicitly expressed. An example of this ‟potential inclusion” is ‟If a man exists, a beast exists.”

Sextus Empiricus Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes 2.11.112

Robert Gregg Bury (Translator)

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