# Adversus mathematicos 110-3

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, <ΠΡΟΣ ΛΟΓΙΚΟΥΣ>. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/110-3

Ταῦτα μὲν οἱ Πυθαγορικοί· Ξενοφάνης δὲ κατὰ τοὺς ὡς ἑτέρως αὐτὸν ἐξηγουμένους, ὅταν λέγη (B 34 Diels) καὶ τὸ μὲν οὖν σαφὲς οὔ τις ἀνὴρ ἴδεν, οὐδέ τις ἔσται εἰδὼς ἀμφὶ θεῶν τε καὶ ἅσσα λέγω περὶ πάντων· εἰ γὰρ καὶ τὰ μάλιστα τύχοι τετελεσμένον εἰπών, αὐτὸς ὅμως οὐκ οἶδε, δόκος δ᾿ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τέτυκται, φαίνεται μὴ πᾶσαν κατάληψιν ἀναιρεῖν ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐπιστημονικὴν καὶ ἀδιάπτωτον, ἀπολείπειν δὲ τὴν δοξαστήν· τοῦτο γὰρ ἐμφαίνει τὸ “δόκος δ᾿ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τέτυκται”. ὥστε κριτήριον γίνεσθαι κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν δοξαστὸν λόγον, τουτέστι τὸν τοῦ εἰκότος ἀλλὰ μὴ τὸν τοῦ παγίου ἐχόμενον.

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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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