# Adversus mathematicos 116

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

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

τυφλώττουσιν οὖν οἱ γραμ- ματικοὶ καὶ τὸ ἀκόλουθον αὑτοῖς οὐ συνορῶσι, λέγοντες ἑπτὰ φωνάεντα τυγχάνειν, πέντε μόνων ὄντων πρὸς τὴν φύσιν. Καὶ ἀναστρόφως ἔσεσθαί τινά φασιν ἔνιοι τῶν φιλο- σόφων πλείονα στοιχεῖα, διάφορον ἔχοντα δύναμιν τῶν συνήθως παραδιδομένων, οἶον καὶ τὸ αι καὶ τὸ ου καὶ πᾶν ὃ τῆς ὁμοίας ἐστὶ φύσεως. τὸ γὰρ στοιχεῖν κριτέον μάλιστα, ὅτι στοιχεῖόν ἐστιν, ἐκ τοῦ ἀσύνθετον καὶ μονό- ποιον ἔχειν φθόγγον, οἷός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ α καὶ ε καὶ ο καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν.

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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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