# Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes 2.55

Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes, Book 2, ς′ περὶ τοῦ δι᾿ οὗ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/pyrrhoniae-hypotyposes/2.55

εἰ μέντοι καὶ συγχωρήσειέ τις τὰς μὲν τῶν κατὰ φύσιν ἐχόντων φαντασίας εἶναι πιστάς, τἀς δὲ τῶν παρὰ φύσιν διακειμένων ἀπίστους, καὶ οὕτως ἀδύνατος εὑρεθήσεται ἡ διὰ τῶν αἰσθήσεων μόνων κρίσις τῶν ἐκτὸς ὑποκειμένων. ἡ ὅρα- σις γοῦν καὶ ἡ κατὰ φύσιν ἔχουσα τὸν <αὐτὸν> πύργον μὲν στρογγύλον, ὁτὲ δὲ τετράγωνον εἶναι λέγει, καὶ ἡ γεῦσις τὰ αὐτὰ σιτία ἐπὶ μὲν τῶν κεκορεσμένων ἀηδῆ, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν πεινώντων ἡδέα φησὶν εἶναι, καὶ ἡ ἀκοὴ παραπλησίως τῆς αὐτῆς φωνῆς νυκτὸς μὲν ὧς εὐμεγέθους ἀντιλαμβάνεται, ἡμέρας δὲ <ὡς> ἀμαυρᾶς,

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Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes, ed. Hermann Mutschmann. 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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