And in general it is because these thinkers suppose knowledge to be sensation, and this to be a physical alteration, that they say that what appears to our senses must be true; for it is for these reasons that both Empedocles and Democritus and, one may almost say, all the others have fallen victims to opinions of this sort.
Eta sentsazioaren bidez azaltzen dena nahitaezko egia dela esaten dute, sentsazioa 15) pentsamendutzat hartzeagatik eta hau aldaketa bat dela baieztatzeagatik. Arrazoi hauengatik atxiki zitzaizkien honelako iritziei bai Enpedokles, bai Demokrito, baita-nolabait esateko-gainerako guztiak ere.