# Adversus mathematicos 162

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

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

Τὸ δὲ ὅτι οὐδὲν οὐδενὸς ἀφαιρεῖται μάθοιμεν ἄν τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον. εἰ γὰρ ἀφαιρεῖταί τι ἀπό τινος, ἢ ὅλον ἀφʼ ὅλου ἀφαιρεῖται ἢ μέρος ἀπὸ μέρους ἢ ὅλον ἀπὸ μέρους ἤ μέρος ἀπὸ ὅλου. ὅλον μὲν οὖν ἀπὸ ὅλου οὐκ ἀφαι- ρεῖται ἑνὸς γὰρ ὑποκειμένου στίχου, εἰ ὅλον ἐστὶ τὸ ἀφαμμιρούμενον, ὅλον στίχον ἀφελοῦμεν. καὶ οὕτως εἰ μέν ἔτι μένοι ὁ στίχος ἀφʼ οὖ ἡ ἀφαίρεσις, οὐδὲ ὅλως ἔσται γεγονυῖά τις ἀφαίρεσις ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ πῶς γὰρ ἔτι μένειν οἷόν τέ ἐστι τὸ ὅλον, εἴπερ ἀφῄρηται; εἰ δέ μὴ μένοι, δῆλον ὡς ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος οὐκ ἔστι πάλιν γεγονυῖα ἀφαί- ρεσις.

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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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