# Adversus mathematicos 18

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

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

καὶ ἀντιστρόφως, εἰ οἱ ἐξηκριβωκότες [ἐπὶ πλεῖον] καὶ ἐπὶ πλεῖον ἐκπονήσαντες τὸν τεχνικὸν τῆς ῥητορικῆς λόγον ἀδυνατοῦσι ῥητορεύειν ἐπὶ δικαστηρίων καὶ ἀγορᾶς, οὐ ῥητέον τεχνικὴν μέθοδον εἶναι τὴν ῥητο- ρικήν. ἀλλὰ μὴν ὡς ὁ σύμπας οἶδε βίος, οἱ σοφιστεύοντες ἐπʼ ἄκρον μέν τὴν ῥητορικὴν ἐξήσκησαν τεχνολογίαν, ἰχθύων δὲ ἀφωνότεροι ἐπὶ τῆς [γῆς] ὑπαίθρου θεωροῦνται. τοίνυν οὐ κατὰ τέχνην εἰσί τινες ῥήτορες.

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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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