# Adversus mathematicos 226-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/226-3

τρίτος δέ ἐστι λόγος ἀναπόδεικτος ὁ ἐξ ἀποφατικοῦ συμ πλοκῆς καὶ ἑνὸς τῶν ἐν τῇ συμκλοκῇ, τὸ ἀντικείμενον τοῦ λοιποῦ τῶν ἐν τῇ συμπλοκῇ ἔχων συμπέρασμα, οἷον ‘‘οὐχὶ καὶ ἡμέρα ἔστι καὶ νὺξ ἔστιν· ἡμέρα δὲ ἔστιν· οὐκ ἄρα ἔστι νύξ . τὸ μὲν γὰρ οὐχὶ καὶ ἡμέρα ἔστι καὶ νὺξ ἔστιν ἀποφατικὸν ἦν συμπεπλεγμένου τοῦ “καὶ ἡμέρα ἔστι καὶ νὺξ ἔστι, τὸ δὲ ἡμέρα ἔστι τὸ ἕτερον ἐτύγχανε τῶν ἐν τῇ συμπλοκῇ, τὸ δὲ “οὐκ ἄρα ἔστι νύξ” τὸ ἀντικείμενον ἦν τῷ λοιπῷ τῶν ἐν τῇ συμπλοκῇ.

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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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