# In Aristotelis Sophisticos Elenchos Commentarius [Sp.] 5

Alexander of Aphrodisias, In Aristotelis Sophisticos Elenchos Commentarius [Sp.], Page 170a5. Ancient Greek.

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

Ἕτι τὸ μὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ πράγματος. Καὶ ὁ παρὰ τὴν ἀμφιβολίαν τρόπος σοφιστικός· τοῦτον γὰρ δηλοῖ λέγων τὸ μὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ πράγματος ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τοῦ λόγου συμβαῖνον, διότι τὸ ἔστιν ἄρα σιγῶντα λέγειν᾿ οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῦ πράγματος ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τοῦ λόγου συμβαίνει. καὶ οὗτος δῆλον ὅτι παρὰ τὸ μόριόν ἐστι τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ λόγου. καὶ ὁ παρὰ τὸ πῇ καὶ ἁπλῶς παρὰ τὸ μόριόν ἐστι τοῦ ἐλέγχου· τοῦτον γὰρ σημαίνει διὰ τοῦ εἶτ’ ἀντὶ τοῦ καθόλου τὴν ἀντίφασιν. καὶ τὸ μὲν καθόλου τέθεικεν ἀντὶ τοῦ ἁπλῶς, τὴν ἀντίφασιν δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ πῇ· δόντων γὰρ ἡμῶν ἁπλῶς ὅτι ὁ Αἰθίοψ μέλας, συνάγει ὅτι τοὺς ὀδόντας λευκός, ἤτοι πῇ λευκός· ἢ πάλιν λεγόντων ‘οὐδεὶς ἐπιορκῶν ἅμα εὐορκεῖ᾿ ἐπιφέρει ‘ὀμόσας τις ἐπιορκήσειν ἐπιώρκησεν· ἅμα ἄρα ἐπιορκεῖ καὶ εὐορκεῖ᾿. ὅτι δὲ καὶ οἱ μὴ κατὰ ταὐτὸ καὶ πρὸς τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ παρ’ ἁ τὸ ἐπί τι παρὰ τὰ μόριά εἰσι τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ λόγου, παντί που δῆλον καὶ εἴρηται πολλάκις καὶ οὐ δεῖ πάλιν μηκύνειν.

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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/.