# In Aristotelis Sophisticos Elenchos Commentarius [Sp.] 3

Alexander of Aphrodisias, In Aristotelis Sophisticos Elenchos Commentarius [Sp.], Page 171b3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/in-aristotelis-sophisticos-elenchos-commentarius-sp/3

Ἔτι τὸ φάναι ἢ ἀποφάναι ἀξιοῦν. Ἔτι ἀναιρεῖ τοὺς κατὰ διαίρεσιν ἐρωτῶντας, καὶ φησί· τὸ τὴν πρότασιν τάσιν οὕτως ἐρωτᾶν ὡς ἀναγκάζεσθαι τὸν ἀποκρινόμενον ἢ τὸ ῾ναί᾿ ἢ τὸ ῾οὔ᾿ λέγειν (ταῦτα γὰρ εἶπε φάναι ἢ ἀποφάναι) οὐ δεικνύντος ἀλλὰ πεῖραν λαμβάνοντος τοῦ ἀποκρινομένου εἰ γινώσκει τὸ ἐρωτώμενον. πῶς οὖν ἐνδέχεται τὸν ἀπόπειραν ποιούμενον διαιρεῖν καὶ διδάσκειν τὸν ἐρωτώμενον ὃ ζητεῖ μαθεῖν εἰ οἶδεν; ἡ γὰρ πειραστικὴ οὐ διδασκαλική ἐστιν, ἵνα δῆλα ποιῇ τὰ πράγματα, ἀλλὰ διαλεκτική τις, ὡς καὶ ἐν τοῖς προρρηθεῖσιν εἴπομεν, καὶ θεωρεῖ οὐ τὸν εἰδότα ἀλλὰ τὸν προσποιούμενον εἰδέναι ἀγνοοῦντα δέ.

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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.
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