# Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes 3.23

Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes, Book 3, ε′ εἴ ἐστι τὶ τινὸς αἴτιον.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/pyrrhoniae-hypotyposes/3.23

ἵνα δὲ καὶ ἐννοεῖσθαι δύνασθαι τὸ αἴτιον συγχωρήσῃ τις, ἀκατάληπτον ἂν εἶναι νομισθείη διὰ τὴν διαφωνίαν. οἱ μὲν γάρ φασιν <εἶναι τὶ τινὸς αἴτιον, οἱ δὲ μὴ εἶναι, οἱ δ’ ὃς γάρ φησιν> εἶναι <τὶ> τινὸς αἴτιον, ἤτοι ἀπλῶς μηδεμιᾶς ὁρμώμενος αἰτίας εὐλόγου τοῦτό φησι λέγειν, ἢ διά τινας αἰτίας ἐπὶ τὴν συγκατάθεσιν ταύτην ἰέναι λέξει. καὶ εἰ μὲν ἁπλῶς, οὐκ ἔσται πιστότερος τοῦ λέγοντος ἁπλῶς μηδὲν εἶναι μηδενὸς αἴτιον· εἰ δὲ αἰτίας λέξει δι’ ἃς εἶναι <τὶ> τινὸς αἴτιον νομίζει, τὸ ζητούμενον διὰ τοῦ παριστᾶν ἐπιχειρήσει· ζητούντων γὰρ ἡμῶν, εἰ ἐστι τὶ τινὸς αἴτιον, αὐτὸς ὡς αἰτίας οὔσης τοῦ εἶναι αἴτιον αἴτιον εἶναι φησίν.

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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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