It could sound as if Sextus means to differentiate between the type of thing that the Skeptic assents to (appearances) and the type of thing he doesn't assent to (objects of investigation, i.e., propositions).
Since the Pyrrhonians took assent, i.e., the pro-attitude required for knowledge, to involve a kind of certainty that the matter had been finally and fully resolved, they did not assent to what they took to be non-evident propositions.
Boy T, 8 years old Blood drawings and examinations were expected to be disliked and one boy argued that he was afraid to have his blood drawn and therefore did not assent to participate.
Small numbers of pupils did not assent to waist or weight measurements, and the proportion of pupils with valid accelerometer data was influenced by the requirement that they had three days of at least eight hours of valid wear time.
When Sextus says what it is that the Skeptics don't assent to, we are told that it is the 'unclear objects of investigation in the sciences'.
In exchanges with Academic skeptics, the Stoics say that the wise person does not assent except to impressions that represent accurately the thing in the world that is their cause ('kataleptic' impressions); how does Marcus' injunction to 'erase' impressions relate to this standard?
Adolescents whose parent(s) consent to the study, but who themselves do not assent or consent, will not be included in the study and in no way will this compromise their care.
The children who did not assent found the balance to be negative: "I do not want to participate, because I want to continue with my group (therapy), there I know many of the other kids, and here I know nobody, there all my friends go to the group.
Schools that agreed to adopt the Flexner recommendations received generous funding via the Rockefeller Foundation while schools that did not assent, simply ceased operation due to lack of funding.
