# Adversus mathematicos 143-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/143-2

περιληπτικὸν δὲ καλεῖσθαί φασι λόγον παρ’ αὐτῷ οἱ Πλατωνικοὶ τὸν κοινὸν τῆς ἐναργείας καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας. δεῖ γὰρ τὸν λόγον ἐν τῷ κρίνειν τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐναργείας ὁρμᾶσθαι, εἴπερ δι ἐναργῶν ἡ κρίσις γίνεται τῶν ἀληθῶν. ἀλλ’ ἥ τε ἐνάργεια οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτάρκης πρὸς γνῶσιν ἀληθοῦς· οὐ γὰρ εἴ τι κατ’ ἐνάργειαν φαίνεται, τοῦτο καὶ κατ’ ἀλήθειαν ὑπάρχει· ἀλλὰ δεῖ παρεῖναι τὸ κρῖνον τί τε φαίνεται μόνον καὶ τί σύν τῷ φαίνεσθαι ἔτι καὶ κατ’ ἀλήθειαν ὑπόκειται, τουτέστι τὸν λόγον.

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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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