# Adversus mathematicos 1-4

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, ΠΡΟΣ ΑΡΙΘΜΗΤΙΚΟΥΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/1-4

Ἐπειδὴ τοῦ ποσοῦ τὸ μέν ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς συνεχέσι σώ- μασιν, ὃ δὴ μέγεθος καλεῖται, περὶ ὅ ἐστι μάλιστα ἡ γεωμετρία, τὸ δὲ ἐν διεστῶσιν, ὅπερ ἀριθμὸς καθέστη- κεν, περὶ ὃν ἡ ἀριθμητικὴ καταγίνεται, σκοπῶμεν ἀπὸ τῶν γεωμετρικῶν τε ἀρχῶν καὶ θεωρημάτων μετελθόν- τες καὶ τὰ περὶ ἀριθμοῦ τούτου γὰρ ἀναιρεθέντος οὐδʼ ἡ περὶ αὐτὸν συνισταμένη γενήσεται τέχνη.

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Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, ed. Hermann Mutschmann, Jürgen Mau. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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