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Single Idea 1808

[from 'reports' by Pyrrho, in 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism ]

Full Idea

Eighth mode: perceptions of things depend on their magnitude or quantity (food and wine).

Gist of Idea

Perception of things depends on their size or quantity (Mode 8)

Source

report of Pyrrho (reports [c.325 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 09.Py.9

Book Reference

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.411