# Adversus mathematicos 170-171

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 170 to 171. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/170

ἵνα μηδὲν τῶν ἀπορωτέ- ρων κινῶμεν, μάταιος εἶναι φαίνεται, πρῶτον μὲν ἐκ τῆς διαφωνίας, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν ἀποτελεσμάτων. καὶ ἐκ μὲν τῆς διαφωνίας, ἐπείπερ οἱ τεχνικοὶ μάχονταί τε καὶ εἰς αἰῶνα μαχήσονται πρὸς ἀλλήλους, τῶν μὲν οὕτως τῶν δὲ ἐκείνως τὸ αὐτὸ γράφειν ἀξιούντων. ὅθεν καὶ οὕτως αὐτοὺς ἐρωτητέον. εἰ χρειώδης ἐστὶν ἡ περὶ ὀρθογραφίας τεχνο λογία τῷ βίῳ, ἐχρῆν ἡμᾶς τε καὶ ἕκα- στον τῶν διαφωνούντων περὶ αὐτῆς γραμματικῶν, ἀνε- πικρίτου ἀκμὴν καθεστώσης τῆς κατὰ ταύτην διαφω- νίας, παραποδίζεσθαι εἰς ὁ ἂν δέῃ γράφειν.

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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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