# Adversus mathematicos 127-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/127-3

εἰ δὲ τῇ φύσει τῶν πραγμάτων προσεκτέον ἐστίν, ἀκόλουθον δήπουθεν τὸ τὶ μὲν ψεῦδος ἔχον, τὶ δὲ ἀληθὲς συμπεπλεγμένον μὴ μᾶλλον ἀληθὲς ἢ ψεῦδος εἶναι λέγειν· ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ ἐκ λευκοῦ καὶ μέλανος μεμιγμένον οὐ μᾶλλον λευκόν ἐστιν ἢ μέλαν (τὸ μὲν γὰρ λευκὸν λευκὸν ἦν καὶ τὸ μέλαν ὑπῆρχεν), οὕτω τὸ μὲν ἀληθὲς μόνον ἀληθὲς εἶναι [καὶ] συμβέβηκεν, τὸ δὲ ψεῦδος μόνον ψεῦδος ὑπάρχει, τὸ δὲ σύνθετον ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων οὐ μᾶλλον ἀληθὲς ἢ ψεῦδος προσαγορευτέον.

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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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