# Adversus mathematicos 109-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/109-2

ὅταν οὖν λέγωσι τὴν δοθεῖσαν εὐθεῖαν δίχα τεμεῖν, ἤτοι τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἄβακος διδομένην λέγουσι διχοτομεῖν ἢ τὴν ἀπὸ ταύτης κατὰ μετάβασιν νοουμένην. οὔτε δὲ τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἄβακος δοθεῖ- σαν διχοτομεῖν ἐροῦσιν· αὕτη μὲν γὰρ μῆκος καὶ πλάτος αἰσθητὸν ἔχειν φαίνεται, ἡ δὲ κατ᾿ αὐτοὺς εὐθεῖα γραμμὴ μῆκός ἐστιν ἀπλατές, ὥστε μὴ οὖσα κατ᾿ αὐτοὺς [ἡ] γραμμὴ | ἡ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἄβακος οὐδὲ δίχα τμηθήσεταμι ὡς γραμμή.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0544.tlg002.local001/.