# In Aristotelis Sophisticos Elenchos Commentarius [Sp.] 12-6

Alexander of Aphrodisias, In Aristotelis Sophisticos Elenchos Commentarius [Sp.], Page 174a12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/in-aristotelis-sophisticos-elenchos-commentarius-sp/12-6

Εἴδη μὲν οὖν ταῦτα τῶν ἀγωνιστικῶν λόγων καὶ μερη των ειοων. Δύο εἴδη τῶν σοφιστικῶν λόγων ἄνωθεν καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἀπέδωκε. λέγει οὖν | καὶ πάλιν τὰ αὐτά, ὅτι εἴδη μέν εἰσι τῶν σοφισμάτων ταῦτα, f. 35v μέρη δὲ τοῦ μὲν ἑνὸς εἴδους, τοῦ παρὰ τὴν λέξιν, ἕξ, ὁμώνυμον, ἀρφίβολον καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ δ’, τοῦ δὲ ἑτέρου εἴδους, τοῦ ἐκτὸς τῆς λέξεως, τὰ πολλάκις ἀπηριθμημένα ἑπτὰ σοφίσματα, καὶ τρόποι οἱ δεκατρεῖς. ἔφασαν δέ τινες τρόπους, οὐ κατὰ λόγον ὡς οἶμαι, καὶ τὰ παρὰ τῶν σοφιστῶν σπουδαζόμενα, τὸ φαίνεσθαι ἐλέγχειν, τὸ εἰς ψεῦδος ἄγειν καὶ παράδοξον, τὸ εἰς ἀδολεσχίαν καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. μέλλων δὲ εἰπεῖν, πῶς ὁ σοφιστὴς τάττει τὰς ἑαυτοῦ ἐρωτήσεις καὶ συντίθησι, καὶ περὶ τούτου πλατύτερον διαλαβεῖν λέγει ὅτι, ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς διαλεγομένοις οὐ μικρὰ συμβάλλεται τὸ προσηκόντως ταχθῆναι τὰ ἐρωτήματα (καὶ τοῦτο ἐδείξαμεν ἐν τῇ διαλεκτικῇ ἐν τῷ ὀγδόῳ τῶν τοπικῶν), οὕτως ἔχει καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀγωνιστικοῖς τῶν λόγων. ἐπεὶ γοῦν ὠφελεῖ καὶ τὸν ἀγωνιζόμενον τὸ οὕτως ἢ οὕτως τάττεσθαι τούτου τὰς ἐρωτήσεις, ἄγε δὴ καὶ περὶ τούτου εἴπωμεν. διάφοροι δέ εἰσι τοῦ ἐλέγχειν τρόποι, καὶ εἷς μὲν τὸ μηκύνειν τὸν λόγον· χαλεπὸν γὰρ καὶ δύσκολόν ἐστι τῷ ἀποκρινομένῳ πάντα συνορᾶν ὡς μὴ συγχεθῆναι αὐτοῦ τὸν νοῦν καὶ δοῦναι ὃ βούλεται ὁ ἐρωτῶν.

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Alexander of Aphrodisias, In Aristotelis Sophisticos Elenchos Commentarius [Sp.], ed. Maximilian Wallies. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0732.tlgx01.local001/.