# In Aristotelis Sophisticos Elenchos Commentarius [Sp.] 5-2

Alexander of Aphrodisias, In Aristotelis Sophisticos Elenchos Commentarius [Sp.], Page 172b5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/in-aristotelis-sophisticos-elenchos-commentarius-sp/5-2

τρόποι μὲν οὖν εἰσιν οὗτοι τῶν σοφιστικῶν ἐλέγχων. Εἰπὼν πόσοι εἰσὶν οἱ σοφιστικοὶ ἔλεγχοι, καὶ ἀναγαγὼν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν τοῦ ἐλέγχου ἄγνοιαν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς διαιροῦντας αὐτοὺς εἰς τοὺς πρὸς τοὔνομα καὶ παρὰ τὴν διάνοιαν ἀπομαχεσάμενος, ἔτι γε μὴν καὶ διαφορὰν πειραστικοῦ καὶ ἐριστικοῦ παραδούς, καὶ αὐτὸν δὲ αὖθις τὸν ἐριστικὸν εἰς τὸν σοφιστικὸν καὶ ἐριστικὸν διελὼν καὶ διαφορὰν ἑκατέρου ἀποδούς, νῦν μέλλων εἰπεῖν, πῶς οἱ σοφισταὶ ἐλέγχουσί τινα ψευδόμενον ἢ παράδοξα λέγοντα ἡ ἀδολεσχοῦντα ἢ σολοικίζοντα, πρῶτον τοῦτο λέγει, ὅτι ὁ διαλεκτικὸς δύναται θεωρῆσαι περὶ τῶν σοφισμάτων καὶ διακρῖναι ταῦτα καὶ ἐλέγξαι σοφίσματα ὄντα. τὸ γὰρ τάττειν τὰς προτάσεις καὶ συντιθέναι τῆς διαλεκτικῆς ἐστιν· εἰ γοῦν τοῦτο τῆς διαλεκτικῆς, λοιπὸν αὐτῆς καὶ τὸ κρίνειν τὰ σοφίσματα. ἅπασαν τοίνυν τὴν περὶ τῶν σοφιστικῶν ἐλέγχων θεωρίαν ἡ διαλεκτικὴ μέθοδος κέκτηται.

---

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/.