# Adversus mathematicos 114-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/114-4

ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τὸ ἀρχόμενον ἀπὸ ψεύδους, ἐπ’ ἀληθὲς δὲ λῆγον ἐστὶν ἀληθές, ὡς τὸ “εἰ πέταται ἡ γῆ, ἔστιν ἡ γῆ”. μόνως δὲ γίνεται ψεῦδος, ὅταν ἀρχόμενον ἀπὸ ἀληθοῦς λήγῃ ἐπὶ ψεῦδος, ὁποῖόν ἐστι τὸ “εἰ ἡμέρα ἔστι, νὺξ ἔστιν”· ἡμέρας γὰρ οὔσης τὸ μὲν ‘‘ἡμέρα ἔστιν” ἀληθές ἐστιν, ὅπερ ἦν ἡγούμενον, τὸ δὲ “νὺξ ἔστι” ψεῦδός ἐστιν, ὅπερ ἦν λῆγον.

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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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