# Adversus mathematicos 2-2

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

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

Πλάτων μὲν οὖν ἐν τῷ οργίᾳ κατὰ διοριστικὴν ἔφο- δον τοιοῦτον ἔοικεν ἐξ ἐπισυνθέσεως ὅρον τῆς ῥητορικῆς ἀποδιδόναι ῥητορική ἐστι πειθοῦς δημιουργὸς διὰ λόγων, ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς λόγοις τὸ κῦρος ἔχουσα, πειστική, οὐ δι- δασκαλικήʼ, τὸ μὲν διὰ λόγων’ προστιθεὶς τάχα παρόσον πολλά ἐστι τὰ πειθὼ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐνεργαζόμενα χωρίς λόγου, καθάπερ πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα καὶ ἡδονὴ καὶ κάλλος. οἱ γοῦν παρὰ τῷ ποιητῇ δημογέροντες,

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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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