# Adversus mathematicos 109

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

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

πρός γε μὴν τοῖς λεχθεῖ- σιν ἐναντίον ἐστὶν ἥ τε βραχύτης καὶ ἡ ἐπέκτασις καὶ οὐ συνυφίσταται· ἀναιρέσει γὰρ τῆς βραχύτητος ἡ ἐπέκτασις συνίσταται, καὶ ἀναιρουμένης μακρᾶς βραχεῖα γίνεται. παρʼ ἦν αἰτίαν ἀδύνατον περισπωμένην βραχεῖαν γενέσθαι, διὰ τὸ τῷ περισπασμῷ κατ’ ἀνάγκην συνυφίστασθαι τὴν ἐπέκτασιν.

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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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