# Adversus mathematicos 176-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/176-3

Τῶν γε μὴν καταλαμβανομένων ἀνθρώπῳ πραγμάτων τὰ μὲν δι’ αἰσθήσεως καταλαμβάνεσθαι δοκεῖ, τὰ δὲ διανοίᾳ, καὶ δι’ αἰσθήσεως μὲν ὧς λευκὸν μέλαν, γλυκὺ πικρόν, διανοίᾳ δὲ καλὸν αἰσχρόν, νόμιμον παράνομον, εὐσεβὲς ἀσεβές. καὶ τὸ σημεῖον οὖν εἴπερ καταληπτόν ἐστιν, ἤτοι τῶν αἰσθητῶν ἐστὶ πραγμάτων ἢ τῶν νοητῶν, ὥστ᾿ ἂν μὴ ἐκ τοῦ ἑτέρου γένους τούτων ὑπάρχῃ, οὐδ’ ἔσται τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑπάρχον.

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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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