# Adversus mathematicos 116-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/116-2

οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ κἂν δῶμεν αὐ- τοῖς τὰς ἀφαιρέσεις ποιεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν αἰσθητῶν τούτων γραμμῶν, οὐ δυνήσονται οὐδʼ οὕτως εὐοδῆσαι. γὰρ ἀφʼ ὅλης τῆς γραμμῆς ἡ ἀφαίρεσις γενήσεται ἀπὸ μέρους, καὶ τὸ ἀφαιρούμενον ἴσον ἀπὸ ἴσου ἢ ἄνισον ἀπὸ ἀνίσου [ἢ ἐναλλὰξ] γενήσεται· οὐδὲν δὲ τούτων ἐστὶν εὔπορον, ὡς ἐν τῷ Πρὸς τοὺς γραμματικοὺς (M I 162) καὶ ἐν τῷ Πρὸς τοὺς φυσικοὺς (M IX 279 et 294) ὑπομνήματι παρ- εστήσαμεν· οὐκ ἄρα δυνατόν ἐστι τοῖς γεωμέτραις ἀφαι- ρεῖν τι καὶ τέμνειν ἀπὸ γραμμῆς.

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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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