Too many "that"s

"One may argue that an element that indicates that Sextus believes that there is a ..."

Hi, Sextus

In my opinion (even though I think you are dealing with academic writing in philosophy?), there are WAY too many "thats."

Does this work?

"One may argue that an element that indicates Sextus believes there is a..."

Yep, that definitely works.

Thanks,

Sextus

Also, the second that could be a which. I've learned, from EnglishForward (contrary to what I formerly believed) that no hard and fast rule tends to govern the choice.

One may argue that an element which indicates that Sextus believes there is a ..."

Aha, that's even better.

Yes, at school I was taught that in defining relative clauses both are possible. Though I know that some people think this is wrong.

Best,

Sextus