Sextus Empiricus Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes 1.14.92

ed. Hermann Mutschmann

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

View: By Chapter

← Previous Next →

[92] αἱ γοῦν γραφαὶ τῇ μὲν ὄψει δοκοῦσιν εἰσοχὰς καὶ ἐξοχὰς ἔχειν, οὐ μὴν καὶ τῇ ἁφῇ. καὶ τὸ μέλι τῇ μὲν γλώττῃ ἡδύ φαίνεται ἐπί
τινων, τοῖς δ’ ὀφθαλμοῖς ἀηδές· ἀδύνατον οὖν ἐστιν εἰπεῖν πότερον ἡδύ ἐστιν εἰλικρινῶς ἢ ἀηδές. καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ μύρου ὁμοίως· τὴν μὲν γὰρ ὄσφρησιν εὐφραίνει, τὴν δὲ γεῦσιν ἀηδίζει.

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

Current edition First1KGreek

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

Translations (1)

Outlines of Pyrrhonism First1KGreek (Sextus Empiricus, Vol. 1. Bury, Robert Gregg, translator. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933.) — 1.14.92 focus

[92] Thus, to the eye paintings seem to have recesses and projections, but not so to the touch. Honey, too, seems to some¹ pleasant to the tongue but unpleasant to the eyes; so that it is impossible to say whether it is absolutely pleasant or unpleasant. The same is true of sweet oil, for it pleases the sense of smell but displeases the taste.

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition First1KGreek

Stable identifiers