Note 44 — Chapter V · LOGIC OF THE STOICS.

Here may be noted the objection mentioned by Sext. Math. viii. 463; Pyrrh. ii. 186: The Sceptics cannot deny the possibility of arguing without proving their assertion and thereby practically admitting the possibility. Also another one urged by Antipater against Carneades (Cic. Acad. ii. 9, 28; 34, 109): He who asserts that nothing can be known with certainty must, at least, believe that he can with certainty know this. The replies of the Sceptics to these objections, and the way they turned them in their own favour, will be found in Sext. Math. l.c. and vii. 433. ↑