Sextus Empiricus Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes 1.14.121

ed. Hermann Mutschmann

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[121] ἐπεὶ οὖν πάντα τὰ φαινόμενα
ἔν τινι θεωρεῖται καὶ ἀπό τινος διαστήματος καὶ κατά τινα θέσιν, ὧν ἕκαστον πολλὴν ποιεῖ παραλλαγὴν περὶ τἀς φαντασίας, σίας, ὧς ὑπεμνήσαμεν (ξ 118spp.), ἀναγκασθησόμεθα καὶ διὰ τούτου τοῦ τρόπου καταντᾶν εἰς ἐποχήν. καὶ γὰρ ὁ βουλόμενος τούτων τῶν φαντασιῶν προκρίνειν τινὰς ἀδυνάτοις
ἐπιχειρήσει.

Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes. Sextus Empiricus. ed. Hermann Mutschmann. Germany. 2014.

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

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Outlines of Pyrrhonism First1KGreek (Sextus Empiricus, Vol. 1. Bury, Robert Gregg, translator. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933.) — 1.14.121 focus

[121] Since, then, all apparent objects are viewed in a certain place, and from a certain distance, or in a certain position, and each of these conditions produces a great divergency in the sense-impressions, as we mentioned above, we shall be compelled by this Mode also to end up in suspension of judgement. For in fact anyone who purposes to give the preference to any of these impressions will be attempting the impossible.

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