# Adversus mathematicos 143

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

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

γὰρ ὅτι οἱ πρῶτοι ἀναφθεγξάμενοι τὰ ὀνόματα φυσικὴν ἐποιήσαντο τὴν ἀναφώνησιν αὐτῶν ὡς καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ ἀλγεῖν κραυγὴν καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ ἥδεσθαι ἢ τῷ θαυμάζειν ἐκβόησιν, οὕτω λέ- γουσι φύσει τὰ μὲν τοιαῦτα εἶναι τῶν ὀνομάτων τὰ δέ τοιάδε ἢ ὅτι καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος ἕκαστον αὐτῶν φυ- σικῶς ἡμᾶς κινεῖ ὅτι ἀρρενικόν, κἂν ἡμεῖς μὴ νομίζωμεν αὐτὸ ἀρρενικὸν εἶναι, καὶ πάλιν φυσικῶς αὐτὸ ἐνδείκνυται ὅτι θηλυκόν ἐστι, κἄν ἡμεῖς μὴ θέλωμεν.

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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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