# Adversus mathematicos 161-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/161-2

πλὴν καὶ τοῦ τοῦ σκεπτικοῦ ἔθους παρασταθέντος, χωρῶμεν λοιπὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ προκειμένου κατασκευήν. Τῶν οὖν ὄντων, φασὶν οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σκέψεως, τὰ μέν ἐστι κατὰ διαφοράν, τὰ δὲ πρός τι πὼς ἔχοντα. καὶ κατὰ διαφορὰν μὲν ὁπόσα κατ’ ἰδίαν ὑπόστασιν καὶ ἀπολύτως νοεῖται, οἷον λευκὸν μέλαν, γλυκὺ πικρόν, πᾶν τὸ τούτοις παραπλήσιον· ψιλοῖς γὰρ αὐτοῖς καὶ κατὰ περιγραφὴν ἐπιβάλλομεν καὶ δίχα τοῦ ἕτερόν τι συνεπινοεῖν.

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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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