# Adversus mathematicos 199-2

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, <ΠΡΟΣ ΛΟΓΙΚΟΥΣ Β΄.>. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/199-2

νῦν δὲ ταῦτα ἔοικε ποιεῖν οὐ παρὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φύσιν, ἀλλὰ παρὰ τἀς προσομιλούσας αὐτῷ τῶν ὑποκειμένων ὕλας, οἷον τὸ ξύλον καίει, οὐχ ὅτι αὐτὸ καυστικόν ἐστιν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι τὸ ξύλον ἐπιτηδείως ἔχει συνεργοῦ λαβόμενον ἐκείνου καῆναι, καὶ τήκει τὸν κηρὸν οὐχ ὅτι τηκτικὴν ἔχει δύναμιν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι ὁ κηρὸς ἐπιτηδειότητα ἐκέκτητο πρὸς τὸ συνεργοῦ λαβόμενος ἐκείνου τήκεσθαι. ἀκριβέστερον δὲ περὶ τούτου διδάξομεν (adv.phys.I 237sqq.), ὅταν περὶ τῆς τῶν ὑπάρξεως σκεψώμεθα.

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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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