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"In the next section, I shall examine the possible connection between philanthropia and the perturbation that arises from the involuntary affections."Should I take "the" out?Sextus

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

I don't know-- did you mention these voluntary affections before?  Or is there a specific list of them?  If not, take it out.

Sextus · Answer

What about the following paragraphs:

1) "Despite what Sextus states in some of the passages just referred to, he thinks neither that the Skeptic is free from all perturbation nor that all perturbation is due to the intense pursuit and avoidance of the things considered to be good and bad respectively. Indeed, he points out that the Skeptic is disturbed by certain things that impose themselves upon him, such as thirst and hunger. Yet the Skeptic is better off with regard to the unpleasant affections than the Dogmatist, since he lacks the additional disturbance induced by the belief that such affections are bad by nature, and it is precisely the absence of this belief which makes them moderate and more easily borne. The existence of these involuntary affections is the reason why Sextus says that metriopatheia in things unavoidable is, along with ajtaraxiva in matters of belief, the Skeptical end. As he himself seems to recognize at AD v 147–149, the Skeptic does not actually attain full eudaimonia, simply because he can achieve complete ataraxia with regard to matters of opinion, whereas he cannot fully eliminate the perturbation that arises from [no the] bodily feelings."

2) "Despite what is said at PH i 22, I still believe that the Pyrrhonist’s philanthropic concern is not wholly inescapable. The reason is, in my view, that the Skeptic sees a crucial difference between the involuntary affections on the one hand, and the laws and customs of his community and the skills he has gained on the other. The influence of [no the] bodily feelings is inevitable in that at least up to now the Skeptic has not been able to completely eliminate the particular feelings of hunger and thirst, and hence to stop having the desire for food and drink."

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Davkett · Answer

Sextus, I would leave out the on all four occasions here.

Sextus · Answer

Thanks, Davkett.

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