# Adversus mathematicos 189

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/189

λείπεται οὖν τῇ πάντων συνηθεία προσέχειν. εἰ δέ τοῦτο, οὐ χρεία τῆς ἀναλογίας ἀλλὰ παρατηρήσεως τοῦ πῶς οἱ πολλοὶ διαλέ- γονται καὶ τί ὡς ἑλληνικὸν παραδέχονται ἢ ὡς οὐ τοιοῦτον ἐκκλίνουσιν. τό γε μὴν ἑλληνικὸν ἤτοι φύσει ἐστὶν ἢ θέ- σει. καὶ φύσει μέν οὐκ ἔστιν, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἄν ποτε ταὐτὸν τοῖς μὲν ἑλληνικὸν ἐδόκει τυγχάνειν τοῖς δὲ οὐχ ἑλληνι- κόν θέσει δέ εἴπερ ἐστὶ καὶ νόμῳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων,

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0544.tlg002.local001/.
