[2] Compare Brochard Op. cit. 256.
[3] Hyp. I. 62-63.
[4] Hyp. I. 65.
[5] Hyp. I. 64.
[6] Hyp. I. 66.
[7] Hyp. I. 67.
[8] Hyp. I. 67.
[9] Hyp. I. 69; Hyp. II. 166; Diog. VII. 1, 79.
The dog and other irrational animals may also possess spoken language, as the only proof that we have to the contrary, is the fact that we cannot understand the sounds that they make.[1] We have an example in this chapter of the humor of Sextus, who after enlarging on the perfect character of the dog, remarks, "For which reason it seems to me some philosophers have honoured themselves with the name of this animal,"[2] thus making a sarcastic allusion to the Cynics, especially Antisthenes.[3]
[1] Hyp. I. 74.