# Adversus mathematicos 18-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/18-2

μετελθόντες δὲ ἑξῆς διδάσκωμεν ὅτι ψευδεῖς καὶ ἀπιθάνους αὐτῶν συμβέβηκεν εἶναι τὰς ἀρχὰς τῆς τέχνης. καὶ δὴ πολλῶν εἰς τοῦτο δυναμένων λέγεσθαι, ὡς ἐναρχόμενοι τῆς ὑφη- γήσεως εἴπομεν, τούτοις προσαχθήσεται τὰ τῆς ἀπορίας ὧν ἀναιρουμένων καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ συναναιρεθήσεται. ἐπεὶ οὖν τῶν ἀρχῶν διαβληθεισῶν οὐδέ αἱ κατὰ μέρος ἀπο- δείξεις αὐτοῖς δύνανται προκόπτειν, λέγωμεν τὰ ἁρμό- ζοντα πρὸς τὰς ἀρχάς.

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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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