# Adversus mathematicos 174-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/174-2

τὸ δὲ πιθανὸν ὧς πρὸς τὸ παρὸν λέγεται τριχῶς, καθ’ ἕνα μὲν τρόπον τὸ ἀληθές τε ὂν καὶ φαινόμενον ἀληθές, καθ’ ἕτερον δὲ τὸ ψευδὲς μὲν καθεστὼς φαινόμενον δὲ ἀληθές, κατὰ δὲ τρίτον τὸ ἀληθὲς] κοινὸν ἀμφοτέρων. ὅθεν τὸ κριτήριον ἔσται μὲν ἡ φαινομένη ἀληθὴς φαντασία, ἣν καὶ πιθανὴν προσηγόρευον οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀκαδημίας, ἐμπίπτει δὲ ἔσθ’ ὅτε καὶ ψευδής,

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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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