# De sophisticis elenchis 26

Aristotle, De sophisticis elenchis, Chapter 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-sophisticis-elenchis/26

Τοῖς δὲ παρὰ τὸν ὁρισμὸν γινομένοις τοῦ ἐλέγχου, καθάπερ ὑπεγράφη πρότερον, ἀπαντητέον σκοποῦσι τὸ συμπέρασμα πρὸς τὴν ἀντίφασιν, ὅπως ἔσται τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ πρὸς τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ ὡσαύτως καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ. Ἐὰν δ᾿ ἐν ἀρχῇ προσέρηται, οὐχ ὁμολογητέον ὡς ἀδύνατον τὸ αὐτὸ εἶναι διπλάσιον καὶ μὴ διπλάσιον, ἀλλὰ φατέον, μὴ μέντοι ὡδί, ὥς ποτ᾿ ἦν τὸ ἐλέγχεσθαι διωμολογημένον. Εἰσὶ δὲ πάντες οἵδ᾿ οἱ λόγοι παρὰ τὸ τοιοῦτο. Ἆρ᾿ ὁ εἰδὼς ἕκαστον ὅτι ἕκαστον, οἶδε τὸ πρᾶγμα; Καὶ ὁ ἀγνοῶν ὡσαύτως; Εἰδὼς δέ τις τὸν Κορίσκον ὅτι Κορίσκος, ἀγνοοίη ἂν ὅτι μουσικός, ὥστε ταὐτὸ ἐπίσταται καὶ ἀγνοεῖ. Ἆρα τὸ τετράπηχυ τοῦ τριπήχεος μεῖζον; Γένοιτο δ᾿ ἂν ἐκ τριπήχους τετράπηχυ κατὰ τὸ μῆκος· τὸ δὲ μεῖζον ἐλάττονος μεῖζον· αὐτὸ ἄρα αὑτοῦ μεῖζον καὶ ἔλαττον.

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Aristotle, De sophisticis elenchis, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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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