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Single Idea 1873

[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 3. Illusion Scepticism ]

Full Idea

When we press the eyeball at one side the forms, figures and sizes of the objects appear oblong and narrow.

Gist of Idea

If we press the side of an eyeball, objects appear a different shape

Source

Sextus Empiricus (Outlines of Pyrrhonism [c.180], I.47)

Book Ref

Sextus Empiricus: 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism', ed/tr. Bury,R.G. [Prometheus 1990], p.30