# Adversus mathematicos 138

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/138

ὅθεν καὶ τὰ μέρη τοῦ λόγου οὐ ῥητέον ἀλλή- λων εἶναι μέρη, ἐπεὶ ἐν ἀλλήλοις αὐτὰ δεήσει περιέχεσθαι, τὸ μὲν μῆνιν ἐν τῷ ἄειδε, τὸ δέ ἄειδε ἐν τῷ θεά, καὶ καθόλου πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν, ὅπερ ἀδύνατον. οὐ τοίνυν ἀλ- λήλων τῶν τοῦ λόγου μερῶν δυναμένων εἶναι μερῶν διὰ τὸ ἀνόητον τοῦ πράγματος, οὔτε ὅλου τινὸς εὑρισκομένου λόγου παρὰ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ μέρη, μηδενὸς [τε ] εὑρισκομένου πράγματος παρʼ αὐτὰ τὰ μέρη οὗ λέξομεν εἶναι τὰ μέρη λείπεται λέγειν ὡς οὐδέν ἐστι μέρος λόγου. διὰ δὲ τοῦτʼ οὐδέ λόγος.

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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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