1 Or, reading καινοῖς1ι κ.τ.λ., "of their novelties."
2 Or "manual skill" and "intelligence."
3 Or, reading χαινῆς2, "a novel postulate." But the writer's objection is not that the postulate is novel, but that it is a postulate. A postulate, he says, is "empty" in a sphere where accurate and verifiable knowledge is possible. Only in regions where science cannot penetrate are ὑποθές1εις2 legitimate. For this reason I read κενῆς2.
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