more from 'On Sensations (frags)' by Timon

Single Idea 2975

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism]

Full Idea

That honey is sweet I do not affirm, but I agree that it appears so.

Gist of Idea

That honey is sweet I do not affirm, but I agree that it appears so

Source

Timon (On Sensations (frags) [c.285 BCE]), quoted by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 09.104-5

Book Reference

'The Hellenistic Philosophers:Vol.1 translations', ed/tr. Long,A. /Sedley,D. [CUP 1987], p.15