# Adversus mathematicos 113-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/113-4

οἷον ὁ μὲν Φίλων ἔλεγεν ἀληθὲς γίνεσθαι τὸ συνημμένον, ὅταν μὴ ἄρχηται ἀπ’ ἀληθοῦς καὶ λήγῃ ἐπὶ ψεῦδος, ὥστε τριχῶς μὲν γίνεσθαι κατ’ αὐτὸν ἀληθὲς συνημμένον, καθ’ ἕνα δὲ τρόπον ψεῦδος. καὶ γὰρ ὅταν ἀπ’ ἀληθοῦς ἀρχόμενον ἐπ’ ἀληθὲς λήγῃ, ἀληθές ἐστιν, ὧς τὸ “εἰ ἡμέρα ἔστι, φῶς ἔστιν”. καὶ ὅταν ἀπὸ ψεύδους ἀρχόμενον ἐπὶ ψεῦδος λήγῃ, πάλιν ἀληθές, οἷον τὸ “εἰ πέταται ἡ γῆ, πτέρυγας ἔχει ἡ γῆ”.

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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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