# Adversus mathematicos 162-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/162-3

πρός τι δέ ἐστι τὰ κατὰ τὴν ὧς πρὸς ἕτερον σχέσιν νοούμενα καὶ οὐκέτι ἀπολελυμένως λαμβανόμενα, τουτέστι κατ’ ἰδίαν, οἷον τὸ λευκότερον καὶ μελάντερον καὶ γλυκύτερον καὶ πικρότερον, καὶ πᾶν εἴ τι τῆς αὐτῆς ἐστιν ἰδέας. οὐ γὰρ ὃν τρόπον λευκὸν ἢ τὸ μέλαν ἤ τὸ πικρὸν κατ’ ἰδίαν ἐνοεῖτο περιγραφήν, οὕτω καὶ τὸ λευκότερον ἢ μελάντερον· ἀλλ’ ἴνα τοῦτο νοήσωμεν, συνεπιβάλλειν δεῖ καὶ ἐκείνῳ τῷ οὗ λευκότερόν έστιν ἤ τῷ οὗ μελάντερόν ἐστιν. καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ γλυκυτέρου καὶ πικροτέρου ὁ αὐτὸς 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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