Sextus Empiricus Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes 1.4.9

[9] Now we call it an ‟ability” not in any subtle sense, but simply in respect of its ‟being able.” By ‟appearances” we now mean the objects of sense- perception, whence we contrast them with the objects of thought or ‟judgements.” The phrase ‟in any way whatsoever” can be connected either with the word ‟ability,” to make us take the word ‟ability,” as we said, in its simple sense, or with the phrase ‟opposing appearances to judgements;” for inasmuch as we oppose these in a variety of ways—appearances to appearances, or judgements to judgements, or /alternando/ appearances to judgements,—in order to ensure the inclusion of all these antitheses we employ the phrase ‟in any way whatsoever.” Or, again, we join ‟in any way whatsoever” to ‟appearances and judgements” in order that we may not have to inquire how the appearances appear or how the thought-objects are judged, but may take these terms in the simple sense.