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Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism

By: Mary Mills Patrick

...lly sure and true, but we present it as it appears to us. CHAPTER XX. Aphasia. We explain Aphasia as follows: The word θάζηο is used 192 in tw... ... it expresses an affirmation only, and negations are not called θάζεηο. Now Aphasia is the opposite of θάζηο in its general signification, which, as... ... which, as we said, comprises both affirmation and negation. It follows that Aphasia is a condition of mind, according to which we say that we neithe... ...nor deny anything. It is evident from this that we do not understand by 193 Aphasia something that inevitably results from the nature of things, but... ...ly, as I said before. Yet I think it is evident that these formulae express Aphasia. For certainly the formula "Perhaps it is" really includes that ...

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