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too obvious that their authors are not logicians. Nor are the
Epicureans much intrested in logic (in the prope sense of formal
logic. although they have some good things say about what i
takes to extabsh 3 generalisation on inductive grounds, and they
iy charge the Stoic with paying nsulficnt attention £9
ation theory. ™ All through the Helleiste period serious
logics the preserve ofthe Stoic extablishment (the poltical image
is perhaps not inappropriate), which meant, a8 U have tied 10
‘explain, that che whole massive weight ofthe Stoic system stood
{against any farther development of Aristotle's pioneering stat
‘With shi at ren we have come fll zele- Wane believes that
an adeyuate philosophy of scince must Gnd « ple for no
Seductive as well as for deductive logic. one will conclude tht, 3
logicians, Avietotle war a better end to he sciences than Zen
and Cheysippus. 1 Aristore’s wisdom im these maters di
ippeatel tothe retorica teaditon, rather than Being take op
and developed by philosophers or seienists. a Lage share of the
blame must ext wth the authority of Zeno's work On Signs (DL,
1-4) andthe Stoic tradition geneslly, "8
Be Se tle arm ape neat
> oneal nc ase cd Seventeen? San ss rearing
Saeed ke tan fon ood aoe ed
Secreta coer ounch omc anche
8 On Signs
DAVID SEDLEY
1. halen, de Sus
Wu eheappeatanc in 1978 of Philip and Estelle De Lay's second
edition of Phileas, de Sigs, one which wn
's based on adequate papyrological inform pe
for renewed discssion ofthis work and ite place Helen
plhlosophy. Ite real ttle is Philodernas. On [..-] aml Sign
Infrnces. The missing, word may be pha,"
pluisomens, "appearances but this need not concern us HOw
* ghar ieee wee ores a ee
aaa
Sateen aoe
Sepreyen Bac ey stee mito ee Sloe nope
‘Sesion usc suka toe tee Sanibecause the surviving final part of the book seems concerned
purely with sign-inference (imetaxs), tha is, the discovery of
hon-evident ths by means of evident signs? Wang w the mid
first century B.C. the author reports from his distinguished
Epicurean maser Zeno of Sidon (61357475 w4:) the arguments
fof some contemporary adversaries, fallowed by Zeno’ reply
(11-28-13). There fellows 3 further bref summary of the Epic
ean position taken from the weitings of 1 equally renowned,
Slightly younger, Epicuremn, Demetrius Lacon (28.1-29.19).
Finally he records an oral contribution on the same topic, prob
ably from a third Epicurean whose name isnot preserved nthe
(ay.iy-48.23)>
Te conventions! idenification ofthese opponnts a Stoic hat
sever reccved the fall defence that st deserves It must be
admitted that none ofthe terminology or pilosophical examples
srenbuted to thom so unstakably Stoica co ace themarer.®
Newertheles, I believe the convention to be coerce, 3 oie
philosophical sect were contributing to this debate 3 medial
School would be the keist candidat, bu his i ued out by the
Closing sentence ofthe book, in which Phledemus seems. with
Tile enehusiasm, co defer dicunsion of medial handlings of the
2 ip xe he a tien: tw al
ay tr apne penty beans ge me ed bg Te
dan af'wsinen't' Seiomeld ee, Geek eam ots ph Oe
FLAN sli et hee wR eda apy
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SECS! Slt ah tS mel ery ve
Sior-sec or ning 4 east ion
shelton ne eee
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On Sigs 248
topie 10 2 subsequent book (38.23+32). The only contemporary
philosophical opponents available to Zeno and Demetrius would
bethe Stic, the Peipaeis, and the Academie sceptics. U have