Chaignet characterises the Tropes of Aenesidemus as false and sophistical,[7] but as Maccoll has well said, they are remarkable for their judicious and strong criticism, and are directed against the false method of observing facts through the light of preconceived opinion.[8] They have, however, a stronger critical side than sceptical, and show the positive tendency of the thought of Aenesidemus.
[1] Diog. IX. 11, 96-98.
[2] Hyp. III. 24-28.
[3] Adv. Math. VIII. 151.
[4] Diog. IX. 11, 96.
[5] Hyp. I. 185.
[6] Compare Maccoll Op. cit. p. 77.
[7] Chaignet Op. cit. 507.
[8] Maccoll Op. cit. p. 88.