# Adversus mathematicos 119-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/119-2

Πλάτων’ δὲ ἐν τῷ Τιμαίῳ (45 B) πρὸς παράστασιν τοῦ ἀσώματον εἶναι τὴν ψυχὴν τῷ αὐτῷ γένει τῆς ἀποδείξεως κέχρηται. εἰ γὰρ ἡ μὲν ὅρασις, φησί, φωτὸς ἀντιλαμβανομένη εὐθύς ἐστι φωτοειδής, ἡ δὲ ἀκοὴ ἀέρα πεπληγμένον κρίνουσα, ὅπερ ἐστὶ τὴν φωνήν, εὐθὺς ἀεροειδὴς θεωρεῖται, ἡ δὲ ὅσφρησις ἀτμοὺς γνωρίζουσα πάντως ἐστὶν ἀτμοειδὴς καὶ ἡ γεῦσις χυλοὺς χυλοειδής, κατ’ ἀνάγκην καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ τὰς ἀσωμάτους ἰδέας λαμβάνουσα, καθάπερ τἀς ἐν ἀριθμοῖς καὶ τἀς ἐν τοῖς πέρασι τῶν σωμάτων, γίνεταί τις ἀσώματος.

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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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