This is based on a misunderstanding of the conditions adjuncts are exposed to. In enumerating those of the old Academy, he begins, not with Plato, but Democritus, and gives them in the following order: Democritus, Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Parmenides, Xenophanes, Socrates, Plato, Speusippus, Xenocrates, Polemo, Crates, and Crantor. This rational kind of thinking is so important that philosophy is one of the most highly recommended undergraduate majors for people who plan to become lawyers.