# Adversus mathematicos 12

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

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

καὶ μὴν τὸ διδασκόμενον φαντασίαν κινοῦν εἰς μάθησιν ἡμῖν ἔρχεται, τὸ δέ μὴ ὂν ἀδυνατοῦν φαντασίαν κινεῖν οὐδὲ διδακτόν ἐστιν. ἔτι δέ οὐδʼ ὡς ἀληθὲς τὸ μὴ ὄν ἐστιν. οὔτε γὰρ τῶν μὴ ὄντων ἐστὶ τἀληθές οὕτε τι ἀληθές ὡς μὴ ὄν διδακτόν. ἐστιν. εἰ δὲ καὶ μηδὲν ἀληθές, εἴπερ διδακτόν ἐστιν, τῶν γὰρ ὄντων ἐστὶ τὸ ἀληθές, ἀδίδακτον ἄρα τὸ μὴ ὄν. μηδʼ ἀληθές διδάσκεται.

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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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