# Adversus mathematicos 141-2-142

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 141 to 142. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/141-2

ἁπτώμεθα δὲ ἑξῆς καὶ τῶν μετὰ τοὺς φυσικοὺς αἱρέσεων. Πλάτων’ τοίνυν ἐν τῷ Τιμαίῳ διελόμενος τὰ πράγματα εἴς τε τὰ νοητά καὶ αἰσθητά, καὶ εἰπὼν περιληπτὰ μὲν λόγῳ εἶναι τὰ νοητὰ, δοξαστὰ δὲ τυγχάνειν τὰ αἰσθητά, προδήλως κριτήριον ὥρισε τῆς τῶν πραγμάτων γνώσεως τὸν λόγον, συμπεριλαβὼν αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν διὰ τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἐνάργειαν. λέγει δὲ οὕτως (Tim. 27 D)· “τί τὸ ὂν ἀεί, γένεσιν δὲ οὐκ ἔχον, καὶ τί τὸ γινόμενον μέν, ὂν δὲ οὐδέποτε; τὸ μὲν δὴ νοήσει μετὰ λόγου περιληπτόν, τὸ δὲ δόξῃ μετὰ αἰσθήσεως.”

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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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