# Adversus mathematicos 124

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/124

Ἵνʼ οὖν ᾖ τις βραχεῖα συλλαβή, δεῖ προωμολογῆσθαι ὅτι ἐλάχιστος καὶ βραχὺς ἔστι χρόνος, ἐν ᾧ ὑφίσταται. οὐκ ἔστι δὲ ἐλάχιστος χρόνος· πᾶς γὰρ εἰς ἄπειρον τέμνε- ται, ὡς ἐν τοῖς ὕστερον δείξομεν· εἰ δέ εἰς ἄπειρον τέμνε- ται, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐλάχιστος. οὐκ ἄρα ἔσται βραχεῖα συλλαβὴ βραχὺν ἔχουσα χρόνον. εἰ δὲ λέγοιεν νῦν βραχεῖαν καλεῖν καὶ ἐλαχίστην συλλαβὴν οὐ τὴν πρὸς φύσιν ἐλαχίστην οὖσαν ἀλλὰ τὴν πρὸς αἴσθησιν, ἑαυτοῖς προσαύξουσι τὴν ἀπορίαν.

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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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