# Adversus mathematicos 203

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/203

Ἐπίκουρος (fr. 247 Us.) δὲ δυεῖν ὄντων τῶν συζυγούντων ἀλλήλοις πραγμάτων, φαντασίας καὶ τῆς] δόξης, τούτων τὴν φαντασίαν, ἣν καὶ ἐνάργειαν καλεῖ, διὰ παντὸς ἀληθῆ φησιν ὑπάρχειν. ὧς γὰρ τὰ πρῶτα πάθη, τουτέστιν ἡδονὴ καὶ πόνος, ἀπὸ ποιητικῶν τινων καὶ κατ’ αὐτὰ τὰ ποιητικὰ συνίσταται, οἷον ἡ μὲν ἡδονὴ ἀπὸ τῶν ἡδ’ ἔων ἡ δὲ ἀλγηδὼν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλγεινῶν, καὶ οὔτε τὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς ποιητικὸν ἐνδέχεταί ποτε μὴ εἶναι ἡδὺ οὔτε τὸ τῆς ἀλγηδόνος παρεκτικὸν μὴ ὑπάρχειν ἀλγεινόν, ἀλλ’ ἀνάγκη καὶ τὸ ἦδον ἡδὺ καὶ τὸ ἀλγῦνον ἀλγεινὸν τὴν φύσιν ὑποκεῖσθαι, οὕτω καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν φαντασιῶν, παθῶν περὶ ἡμᾶς οὐσῶν, τὸ ποιητικὸν ἑκάστης αὐτῶν πάντῃ τε καὶ πάντως φανταστόν ἐστιν, ὃ οὐκ ἐνδέχεται, ὂν φανταστόν, μὴ ὑπάρχειν κατ’ ἀλήθειαν τοιοῦτον οἷον φαίνεται,<. . . . .> φαντασίας καθεστάναι.

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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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