Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Mary Mills Patrick
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such as "Nothing more,"[7] or "I decide nothing,"[8] or "All is
false," include themselves with other things. The only statements that the Sceptic can make, are in regard to his own sensations. He cannot deny that he is warm or cold or hungry. [1] _Hyp._ I. 15, 17. [2] _Hyp._ I. 210. [3] _Hyp._ I. 7; Diog. IX. 11, 70. [4] _Hyp._ I. 8. [5] _Hyp._ I. 10. [6] _Hyp._ I. 12. [7] _Hyp._ I. 14. [8] _Hyp._ I. 14. Sextus replies to the charge that the Sceptics deny phenomena by refuting it.[1] The Sceptic does not deny phenomena, because they are the only criteria by which he can regulate his actions. "We call the criterion of the Sceptical School the phenomenon, meaning by this name the idea of it."[2] Phenomena are the only things which the Sceptic does not deny, and he guides his life by them. They are, however, subjective. Sextus distinctly affirms that sensations are the phenomena,[3] and that they lie in susceptibility and voluntary feeling, and that they |
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