more on this theme | more from this thinker | more from this text
Full Idea
The same water which seems very hot when poured on inflamed spots seems lukewarm to us.
Gist of Idea
Water that seems lukewarm can seem very hot on inflamed skin
Source
Sextus Empiricus (Outlines of Pyrrhonism [c.180], I.101)
Book Ref
Sextus Empiricus: 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism', ed/tr. Bury,R.G. [Prometheus 1990], p.46