# Adversus mathematicos 208

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/208

ὅνπερ οὖν τρόπον οὔτε ἡ ἐν τῷ κρουομένῳ χαλκώματι φωνὴ ἐξακούεται οὔτε ἡ ἐν τῷ στόματι τοῦ κεκραγότος, ἀλλ’ ἡ προσπίπτουσα τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ αἰσθήσει, καὶ ὧς οὐθείς φησι τὸν ἐξ ἀποστήματος μικρᾶς ἀκούοντα φωνῆς ψευδῶς ἀκούειν, ἐπείπερ σύνεγγυς ἐλθὼν ὡς μείζονος ταύτης ἀντιλαμβάνεται, οὕτως οὐκ ἂν εἴποιμι ψεύδεσθαι τὴν ὄψιν, ὅτι ἐκ μακροῦ μὲν διαστήματος μικρὸν ὁρᾷ τὸν πύργον καὶ στρογγύλον, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ σύνεγγυς μείζονα καὶ τετράγωνον, ἀλλά μᾶλλον ἀληθεύειν, ὅτι καὶ ὅτε φαίνεται μικρὸν αὐτῇ

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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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