# Adversus mathematicos 226-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/226-2

φαίνεται οὖν ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων πρῶτα κριτήρια τῆς τῶν πραγμάτων γνῶσ’ ἕως ἥ τε αἴσθησις καὶ ὁ νοῦς, ἡ μὲν ὀργάνου τρόπον ἔχουσα ὁ δὲ τεχνίτου. ὥσπερ γὰρ ἡμεῖς οὐ δυνάμεθα χωρὶς ζυγοῦ τὴν τῶν βαρέων καὶ κούφων ἐξέἐγγένηται τάσιν ποιεῖσθαι, οὐδὲ ἄτερ κανόνος τὴν τῶν εὐθέων καὶ στρεβλῶν διαφορὰν λαβεῖν, οὕτως οὐδὲ ὁ νοῦς χωρὶς σἰσθήσεως δοκιμάσαι πέφυκε τὰ πράγματα. Τοιοῦτοι μὲν οὖν ὧς ἐν κεφαλαίοις εἰσὶ καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ Περιπάτου·

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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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