# Adversus mathematicos 110

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

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

διόπερ εἰ φύσει τι δίχρονόν ἐστι στοιχεῖον, ἤτοι ὑφʼ ἓν περὶ αὐτὸ ἥ τε τῆς βραχύτητος καὶ ἡ τῆς ἐπ- εκτάσεως ὑποστήσεται δύναμις ἢ παρὰ μέρος. ἀλλʼ ὑφʼ ἓν μὲν ἀμήχανον περὶ γὰρ τὴν αὐτὴν ἐκφώνησιν κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ ἀναιρετικαὶ ἀλλήλων δυνάμεις οὐκ ἂν ὑποσταῖεν. λείπεται ἄρα παρὰ μέρος. ὃ πάλιν ἐστὶν ἀπίθανον ὅτε γὰρ ἐστι μακρόν, τότε οὐκ ἔστι κοινὸν στοιχεῖον βραχύ- τητος καὶ μήκους, ἀλλὰ βραχὺ μόνον.|

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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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