# Adversus mathematicos 112-2-113

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 112 to 113. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/112-2

ἥ τε τὴν ἀπόδειξιν πιστουμένη ἀπόδειξις ἤτοι ζητεῖται ἢ ἀζήτητός ἐστιν. ἀλλʼ ἀζήτητος μὲν οὐκ ἂν εἴη διὰ τὰς ἔμπροσθεν εἰρημένας αἰτίας, ζητουμένη δὲ ὀφείλει ὑπʼ ἄλλης κατασκευάζεσθαι, κἀκείνη πάλιν ὑπʼ ἄλλης, καὶ τοῦτο εἰς ἄπειρον. οὐκ ἄρα ἔστι τις ἀπόδειξις. Ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ πρὸς τὰ συνέχοντα θεωρήματα τῆς ῥη- τορικῆς ἀντειπόντες ἀπʼ ἄλλης ἀρχῆς καὶ τῶν πρὸς τοὺς γεωμέτρας καὶ ἀριθμητικοὺς ἀποριῶν ἁπτώμεθα.

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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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