Straightforward

"M.Mc. refers to Sextus’ endorsement of private goods and maintains that they must be construed as reports of what appears good to him. Though I agree with Mc. on how to understand that which the Skeptic considers good, it must be noted that the textual support for his view is less straightforward than it seems from his exposition. For AD v 77–78 is the only text which talks about the notion of private goods, but does not say anything about the Skeptic’s endorsement of them, contrary to what Mc.claims. Hence, neither does AD v 114–118 talk about the Skeptic’s ‘positive endorsement of private pros ti goods’. However, the interpretation of the Skeptic’s private good put forward by McPherran seems to be supported by AD v 89, where ..."

Hence, I agree with Mc., and I think that one can find textual support for his view, but I just note that this is less clear or evident than one would expect. Should I rather say "not as clear as" or "less clear than" instead of "less straightforward than"?

Cheers,

Sextus