# Adversus mathematicos 11-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/11-3

οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ εἴ τις οἷς ἄν ὑπσθῆται, τού- τοις τὰ ἀκολουθοῦντα πιστὰ τυγχάνειν ἀξιώσει, μήποτε πᾶσαν ἀναιρεῖ ζήτησιν. εὐθέως γὰρ ὑποθήσεται ἕκαστος ἡμῶν τὸ τὰ τρία τέσσαρα εἶναι, καὶ τούτου δοθέντος συν- άξει ὅτι καὶ τὰ ἓξ ὀκτώ ἐστιν εἰ γὰρ τὰ τρία τέσσαρά ἐστι, τὰ ἕξ ῥκτὼ γενήσεται ἀλλὰ μὴν τὰ τρία τέσσαρά ἐστιν, ῾ος ἡ ὑπόθεσις δίδωσιν τὰ ἄρα ἕξ ὀκτώ ἐστιν. πάλιν τε αἰτήσομεν ὅτι μένει τὸ κινούμενον,

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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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