Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes, ed. Hermann Mutschmann, 2.22.231

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[231] ἔτι δὲ ¹ ἄδηλον οὕτως ‘οὐχὶ καὶ ἠρώτηκά τί σε πρῶτον, καὶ οὐχὶ οἱ ἀστέρες ἄρτιοί εἰσιν· ἠρώτηκα δέ τί σε πρῶτον· οἱ ἄρα ἀστέρες ἄρτιοί εἰσιν’. ἔτι δὲ ἀπρόσδεκτον
ἄλλως, ὡς οἱ λεγόμενοι σολοικίζοντες λὀγοι, οἷον ‘ὃ βλέπεις, ἔστιν· βλέπεις δὲ φρενιτικόν· ἔστιν ἂρα φρενιτικόν’. ‘ὃ ὁρᾷς, ἒστιν· ὁρᾷς δὲ φλεγμαίνοντα τόπον· ἔστιν ἄρα φλεγμαίνοντα τόπον’.

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.) — 2.22.231 focus

[231] Or again, it may be non-evident, as thus—‟It is not true both that I have asked you a question first and that the stars are not even in number; but I have asked you a question first; therefore the stars are even.” Or again, it may be otherwise unacceptable, like the so-called solecistic¹ arguments, such as—‟That at which you look exists; but you have a frenzied look; therefore 'frenzied' exists;” or ‟What you gaze at exists; but you gaze at an inflamed spot; therefore 'at an inflamed spot' exists.”

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