# Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes 3.174

Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes, Book 3, κβ′ περὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ κακῶν καὶ ἅδ’ ιαφόρων.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/pyrrhoniae-hypotyposes/3.174

ὧς γὰρ ὁ ἀνεννόητος ἵππου οὔτε τὸ χρεμετίζειν τί ἐστιν οἶδεν, οὔτε διὰ τούτου δύναται εἰς ἔννοιαν ἐλθεῖν ἵστιν εἰ μὴ πρότερον πρότερον χρεμετίζοντι ἐντύχοι, οὕτω <καὶ> ὁ διὰ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι ἰδ’. ζητῶν τί ἐστιν ἀγαθόν, οὐ δύναται γινώσκειν τὸ ἰδίως αὐτῷ καὶ μόνῳ ὑπάρχον, ἴνα δι’ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀγαθὸν αὐτὸ νοῆσαι δυνηθῇ. πρότερον γὰρ δεῖ μαθεῖν τὴν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ φύσιν, εἶθ’ οὕτω συνεῖναι ὅτι ὠφελεῖ καὶ ὅτι δι’ αὑτὸ αἱρετόν ἐστι καὶ ὅτι εὐδαιμονίας ποιητικόν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0544.tlg001.local001/.