Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes, ed. Hermann Mutschmann, 1.14.59

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[59] εἰ δὲ τὰ αὐτὰ πράγματα ἀνόμοια φαίνεται παρὰ
τὴν τῶν ζῴων ἐξαλλαγήν, ὁποῖον μὲν ἡμῖν θεωρεῖται τὸ ὑποκείμενον ἕξομεν λέγειν, ὁποῖον δὲ ἔστι πρὸς τὴν ¹ σιν ἐφέξομεν. οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐπικρίνειν αὐτοὶ δυνησόμεθα τὰς φαντασίας τάς τε ἡμετέρας καὶ τἀς τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων, μέρος ρος καὶ αὐτοὶ τῆς διαφωνίας ὄντες καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τοῦ ἐπικρινοῦντος κρινοῦντος δεησόμενοι μᾶλλον ἢ αὐτοὶ κρίνειν δυνάμενοι.

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.) — 1.14.59 focus

[59] But if the same things appear different owing to the variety in animals, we shall, indeed, be able to state our own impressions of the real object, but as to its essential nature we shall suspend judgement. For we cannot ourselves judge between our own impressions and those of the other animals, since we ourselves are involved in the dispute and are, therefore, rather in need of a judge than competent to pass judgement ourselves.

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Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes

1. 20 ἀνθρώποις om. EAB 22 τε GT: δὲ edd. 28 <ἢ> καὶ θάν’. (aut et) Τ 29 αἳ L : ἃ MEAB 31 δὲ (vero) T 34 ἀναρρώνυται Pasquali coll. Aelian. h. a. II 9 1 μόνον Bekk. : μόνου G II φυγοῦ LEAB 4 δὲ om. Τ 7 εὐηδὲς L 10 ζώων ML: νόμων EAB

Sextus Empiricus Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes 1.14.59

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