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Single Idea 1822

[from 'fragments/reports' by Epicurus, in 12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 4. Pro-Empiricism ]

Full Idea

Reason cannot judge the senses, because it is based on them.

Gist of Idea

Reason can't judge senses, as it is based on them

Source

report of Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.20

Book Reference

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.435