# Adversus mathematicos 182

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/182

ἐπεὶ τῶν τεχνῶν αἱ μέν τῷ ὄντι εἰσὶ τέχναμι, ὡς ἡ ἀνδριαντοποιικὴ καὶ ζωγραφία, αἱ δὲ ἐπαγγέλματι μέν εἰσι τέχναι, οὐ πάντως δὲ καὶ κατ’ ἀλήθειαν, ὡς Σαλ- δαῖκή τε καὶ θυτική, ἵνα μάθωμεν πότερόν ποτε καὶ ἡ περὶ τὸν ἑλληνισμὸν λεγομένη τέχνη ἢ ὑπόσχεσις μόνον ἐστὶν ἢ καὶ ὑποκειμένη δύναμις, δεήσει κριτήριόν τι ἡμᾶς ἔχειν εἰς τὴν ταύτης δοκιμασίαν.

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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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