# In Aristotelis Sophisticos Elenchos Commentarius [Sp.] 33-3

Alexander of Aphrodisias, In Aristotelis Sophisticos Elenchos Commentarius [Sp.], Page 178b33. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/in-aristotelis-sophisticos-elenchos-commentarius-sp/33-3

Οὐδ’ ὅταν τὴν κύλικα πίνῃ, ὃ πίνει ἀλλ’ ἐξ οὗ. ἔτι ἀρ’ ὅ τις οἶδεν. Τὸ σόφισμα τοιοῦτον· ἆρ’ ὃ πίνει τις, τοῦτο πίνει; ἢ οὕτως· ἆρ’ ὃ πέπωκέ τις, ἐκεῖνο πέπωκε; ναί· πέπωκε δὲ κύλικα· πέπωκεν ἄρα τὴν κύλικα. ἡ λύσις ὅτι οὐ τὴν κύλικα πέπωκεν, ἀλλ’ ὃ πέπωκεν ἢ ὃ πίνει, ἐκ τῆς κύλικός ἐστι. τοιοῦτον δὲ καὶ τὸ ἆρ’ ὅ τις οἶδεν, ἢ μαθὼν ἢ εὑρὼν οἶδε; ναί· ὅδε δὲ τὸ μὲν ἔμαθε τὸ δὲ εὗρεν· ἀμφότερα δὲ οὔτε ἔμαθεν οὔτε εὗρεν· οὐκ ἄρα οἶδεν. εἰ γὰρ οἶδεν ἢ ὃ ἔμαθεν ἢ ὃ εὗρε, τὰ δὲ δύο οὐκ ἔμαθε (τὸ ἓν γὰρ ἔμαθεν, οὐχὶ τὰ δύο), ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τὰ δύο εὗρε (τὸ γὰρ ἓν εὗρεν), εἰ οὖν μήτε εὗρε μήτε ἔμαθε τὰ δύο, οὐδὲ οἶδεν· ἀλλὰ καὶ οἶδε. τὴν δὲ λύσιν τοῦ σοφίσματος ἐνέφηνε διὰ τοῦ ἢ ὃ μὲν ἅπαν, τὸ δ᾿ ούχ ἅπαν. ἔστι δὲ ὃ λέγει ὅτι τὸ μὲν πᾶν, ἤτοι οἷον καὶ ποιόν, τὸ δ’ οὐ ποιὸν ἀλλὰ ποσόν· τὰ γὰρ ὧν τὸ μὲν τό, τὸ δὲ τό, ποσά. ἐρωτήσας οὖν ἐπὶ τοῦ ὃ συνάγει ὅσα. ἔτι ἔστι καὶ ἄλλως εἰπεῖν τὸ ἢ ὃ μὲν ἅπαν, τὸ δ’ οὐχ ἅπαν, τουτέστιν ὅτι δυνατόν ἐστιν ἐπὶ μέν τινος μαθήματος ἅπαν εἰπεῖν, οἷον ὅτι καὶ εὗρον ἐγὼ καὶ ἔμαθον παρ’ ἄλλου, ἐπὶ δέ τινων οὐχ ἅπαν ἀλλ’ ἢ τὸ εὑρεῖν μόνον ἢ τὸ μαθεῖν παρ’ ἄλλου.

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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/.