# Adversus mathematicos 103-4

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, <ΠΡΟΣ ΛΟΓΙΚΟΥΣ Β΄.>. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/103-4

Πρὸς τούτοις ὅταν λέγωσι τὸ μὲν “ἡμέρα ἔστιν” ἀξίωμα ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος εἶναι ἀληθές, τὸ δὲ “ωὺξ ἔστι” ψεῦδος, καὶ τὸ μὲν “οὐχὶ ἡμέρα ἔστι” ψεῦδος, τὸ δὲ “οὐχὶ νὺξ ἔστιν” ἀληθές, ἐπιστήσει <τις>, πῶς μία οὖσα καὶ ἡ αὐτὴ ἀπόφασις τοῖς μὲν ἀληθέσι προσελθοῦσα ψευδῆ ταῦτα ποιεῖ, τοῖς δὲ ψευδέσιν ἀληθῆ. ὅμοιον γάρ ἐστι τοῦτο τῷ κατὰ τὸ Αἰσώπειον αἴνιγμα Σειληνῷ, ὃς ὁρῶν τὸν αὐτὸν ἄνθρωπον χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ ψύχεσθαι τὰς χεῖρας [ἐμφυσῶντα] καὶ ὑὲρ τοῦ μὴ καὶεσθαι ἐμφυσῶντα τῷ στόματι, ἔφη μὴ ἂν ὑπομεῖναι τοιούτῳ θηρίῳ συζῆν ἐξ οὗ τὰ ἐναντιώτατα προέρχεται.

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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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