Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes, ed. Hermann Mutschmann, 3.5.26

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

View: By Chapter

← Previous Next →

[26] εἰ
δὲ μήτε μὴ ὂν αἴτιον ἀποτελεῖ τι μήτε ὄν, οὐδὲ ἀποτελεῖ τι· διὸ οὐδὲ αἴτιον ἔσται· ἄνευ γὰρ τοῦ ἀποτελεῖν τι τὸ αἴτιον οὐ δύναται ὧς αἴτιον νοεῖσθαι. ὅθεν κἀκεῖνο λέγουσί τινες· τὸ αἴτιον ἤτοι συνυφίστασθαι δεῖ τῷ ἀποτελέσματι ἢ πρου·φίστασθαι τούτου ἢ <εἶναι> μετὰ τὸ γίνεσθαι <ἀποτέλεσμα>
τὸ μὲν οὖν λέγειν, ὅτι τὸ αἴτιον εἰς ὐπόστασιν ἄγεται μετὰ τὴν γένεσιν τοῦ ἀποτελέσματος αὐτοῦ μὴ καὶ γελοῖον ἠ’. ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ προυφίστασθαι δύναται τούτου· πρὸς αὐτὸ γὰρ νοεῖσθαι λέγεται, τὰ δὲ πρός τι φασὶν αὐτοί,

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.) — 3.5.26 focus

[26] And if it does not bring about anything either as being or as not being causal, then it does not bring anything about; and hence it will not be a Cause; for apart from its effecting something the Cause cannot be conceived as Cause.

Hence some people argue thus: The Cause must either subsist along with its effect or before it or must come into being after it. Now to say that the Cause is brought into existence after the appearance of its effect would seem ridiculous. But neither can it subsist before the effect; for it is said to be conceived in relation thereto, and they affirm that relatives,

Sextus Empiricus Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes 3.5.26

ed. Hermann Mutschmann

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition First1KGreek

Stable identifiers