# Adversus mathematicos 177-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/177-2

ἀμέλει γέ τοι τοῦτ’ εὐθὺς τεκμήριόν ἐστι τοῦ ἄληπτον αὐτὸ τυγχάνειν, φημὶ δὲ τὸ μέχρι δεῦρο διέλκεσθαι τὴν φύσιν αὐτοῦ, τῶν μὲν αἰσθητὸν ὑπολαμβανόντων τοῦτο εἶναι, τῶν δὲ νοητόν. Ἐπίκουρος μὲν γὰρ καὶ οἱ προεστῶτες αὐτοῦ τῆς αἱρέσεως ἔλεξαν αἰσθητὸν εἶναι τὸ σημεῖον, οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Στοᾶς (fr. II 222 Arn.) νοητόν. μένει δ’ ἡ τοιαύτη διάστασις ἀνεπέκριτος σχεδὸν δι᾿ αἰῶνος, καὶ μενούσης αὐτῆς πᾶσα ἀνάγκη καὶ τὸ σημεῖον ἐν ἐποχῇ φυλάσσεσθαι, ὀφεῖλον ἢ αἰσθητὸν ἢ νοητὸν ὑπάρχειν.

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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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