# Adversus mathematicos 104-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/104-3

νὴ Δία, ἀλλʼ εἰώθασί τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν γωνίαν λέγειν τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν κλίσιν πρῶτον διάστημα. πρὸς οὓς ἁπλοῦς ὁ μῦθος τῆς ἀληθείας ἔφυ. (Eur. Ph. 469) ἤτοι γὰρ ἀμερές ἐστι τὸ διάστημα τοῦτο ἢ μεριστόν. ἀλλʼ εἰ μὲν ἀμερές, αἱ προειρημέναι τῶν ἀποριῶν ἀκολουθή- |σουσιν αὐτοῖς, εἰ δὲ μερὶστόν, οὐδὲν ἔσται πρῶτον· τοῦ γὰρ ὑποσταθέντος πρώτου ἕτερον εὑρεθήσεται πρότερον διὰ τὴν ἀρεσκομένην αὐτοῖς εἰς ἄπειρον τῶν ὄντων τομήν.

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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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