# Adversus mathematicos 11-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/11-2

τῶν γὰρ ψευδῶν οὐκ εἰσι καταλήψεις, ψευδῆ δέ ἐστι τὰ λεγόμενα τῆς ῥητορικῆς εἶναι θεωρήματα, τοιαῦτα ὄντα οὕτω παραπει- στέον τοὺς δικαστὰς καὶ ‘ὀργὴν κινητέον ἔλεον’ καὶ ‘μοι- χῷ συνηγορητέον καὶ ἱεροσύλῳ’ 〈ἃ〉 ἐμφαίνει τὸ καθήκειν οὕτω τοὺς δικαστὰς παραπείθειν | καὶ ὀργὴν ἢ ἔλεον κι- νεῖν· ἅπερ οὐκ ἐστιν ἀληθῆ, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀκατάληπτα. οὐ τοίνυν αὐτῶν εἰσιν αἱ καταλήψεις· ᾧ συνεισέρχεται τὸ μηδέ τὴν ῥητορικὴν ὑπάρχειν.

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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/.