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Single Idea 1884

[from 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism' by Sextus Empiricus, in 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 6. Judgement / a. Nature of Judgement ]

Full Idea

If we say "If day exists, lights exists", and then "day exists", and then "light exists", then parts of the judgement never exist together, and so the whole judgement will have no real existence.

Gist of Idea

If we utter three steps of a logical argument, they never exist together

Source

Sextus Empiricus (Outlines of Pyrrhonism [c.180], II.109)

Book Reference

Sextus Empiricus: 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism', ed/tr. Bury,R.G. [Prometheus 1990], p.132