# Adversus mathematicos 12-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/12-2

καθάπερ οὖν οὐκ ἄν εἴποι- μὲν τὴν τοιχωρυχικὴν εἶναί τινα τέχνην παραινοῦσαν τὸ οὕτω δεῖν τοῖχον διορύττειν, καὶ τὴν κλεπτικὴν τὸ οὕτω καθήκειν κλέπτειν καὶ βαλαντιοτομεῖν, (ψευδῆ γάρ ἐστι ταῦτα, καὶ οὔτε καθήκοντα οὔτε θεωρήματα), οὕτως οὐδέ τὴν ῥητορικὴν ὑποληπτέον ἔχειν τεχνικὴν ὑπόστασιν, ἐπὶ τοιούτοις παραγγέλμασι σαλεύουσαν. ἀμέλει γέ τοι καὶ οἱ περὶ Κριτόλαον τὸν Περιπατητικόν, καὶ πολὺ πρό- τερον οἱ περὶ Πλάτωνα, εἰς τοῦτο ἀπιδόντες ἐκάκισαν αὐτὴν ὡς κακοτεχνίαν μᾶλλον ἢ τέχνην καθεστηκυῖαν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0544.tlg002.local001/.