# Adversus mathematicos 18-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/18-3

τὰ δὲ αὐτὰ λεκτέον καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ δύο ἢ καὶ τρία καὶ καθ- όλου ἐπὶ παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ, ἵνα μὴ μηκύνωμεν. ἔνεστι δὲ καὶ οὕτως συνερωτᾶν. ἡ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἰδέα, ἧς μετοχῇ τι ἓν λέγεται, ἤτοι μία ἐστὶν ἰδέα ἢ τοῦ ἑνὸς πλείους ἰδέαι τυγχάνουσιν. ἀλλʼ εἰ μέν μία ἐστίν, 〈ἤτοι ἀμερής ἢ πο- λυμερής ἐστιν· εἰ δὲ ἀμερής,〉 οὐ πολλοῖς μετέχεται τοῦ γὰρ Α, εὐσήμου χάριν διδασκαλίας, τὴν ὅλην τοῦ ἑνὸς ἰδέαν ἔχοντος, τὸ Β μὴ μετέχον ταύτης οὐκέτʼ ἔσται ἕν. καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ πολυμερὴς καθέστηκεν,

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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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