# Adversus mathematicos 110-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/110-4

ἐκ διαφερόντων δὲ ἀξιωμάτων καὶ διὰ τοῦ “εἴπερ” συνδέσμου τὸ οὕτως ἔχον “εἴπερ ἡμέρα ἔστι, φῶς ἔστιν”. τῶν δὲ ἐν τῷ συνημμένῳ ἀξιωμάτων τὸ μετὰ τὸν “εἴ” ἢ τὸν “εἴπερ” σύνδεσμον τεταγμένον ἡγούμενόν τε καὶ πρῶτον καλεῖται, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν λῆγόν τε καὶ δεύτερον, καὶ ἐὰν ἀναστρόφως ἐκφέρηται τὸ ὅλον συνημμένον, οἷον οὕτως “φῶς ἔστιν, εἴπερ ἡμέρα ἔστιν”· καὶ γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ λῆγον μὲν καλεῖται τὸ “φῶς ἔστιν” καίπερ πρῶτον ἐξενεχθέν, ἡγούμενον δὲ τὸ ‘‘ἡμέρα ἔστιν” καίπερ δεύτερον λεγόμενον, διὰ τὸ μετὰ τὸν ‘‘εἴπερ” σύνδεσμον τετάχθαι.

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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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