# Adversus mathematicos 2-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/2-3

Καθόλου μὲν οὖν οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν μαθημάτων Πυθαγορι- κοὶ μεγάλην ἀπονέμουσι δύναμιν τοῖς ἀριθμοῖς ὡς τῆς τῶν ὅλων φύσεως κατ’ αὐτοὺς διοικουμένης. ὅθεν καὶ ἀεί ποτε ἐπεφώνουν τὸ (Simpl. in Arist. phys. p.1102,22 Diels) ἀριθμῷ δέ τε πάντʼ ἐπέοικεν, | ὀμνύοντες οὐ μόνον τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν ὑποδεί- ξαντα αὐτοῖς τοῦτον Πυθαγόραν ὡς θεὸν διὰ τὴν ἐν ἀριθ- μητικῇ δύναμιν, λέγοντες οὐ μὰ τὸν ἁμετέρᾳ ψυχᾷ παραδόντα τετρακτύν, παγὰν ἀενάου φύσεως ῥιζώματ’ ἔχουσαν. (B 15 Diels)

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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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