# Adversus mathematicos 204-2-205

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 204 to 205. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/204-2

καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν κατὰ μέρος τὸ παραπλήσιον χρὴ λογίζεσθαι. τὸ γὰρ ὁρατὸν οὐ μόνον φαίνεται ὁρατόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔστι τοιοῦτον ὁποῖον φαίνεται· καὶ τὸ ἀκουστὸν ὢ οὐ μόνον φαίνεται ἀκουστόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῖς ἀληθείαις τοιοῦτον ὑπῆρχεν, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὡσαύτως. γίνονται οὖν πᾶσαι αἱ φαντασίαι ἀληθεῖς. καὶ κατὰ λόγον· εἰ γὰρ ἀληθὴς λέγεται φαντασία, φασὶν οἱ Ἐπικούρειοι, ὅταν ἀπὸ ὑπάρχοντός τε καὶ κατ’ αὐτὸ τὸ ὑπάρχον γίνηται, πᾶσα δὲ φαντασία ἀπὸ ὑπάρχοντος τοῦ φανταστοῦ καὶ κατ’ αὐτὸ τὸ φανταστὸν συνίσταται, πᾶσα κατ’ ἀνάγκην φαντασία ἐστὶν ἀληθής.

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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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