# Adversus mathematicos 23-3

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, ΠΡΟΣ ΑΡΙΘΜΗΤΙΚΟΥΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/23-3

Οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ ἐπεὶ κατὰ πρόσθεσιν μονάδος καὶ κατὰ ἀφαίρεσιν ὁ ἀριθμὸς νοεῖται, δῆλον ὡς ἐὰν τούτων ἑκά- τερον παραστήσωμεν ἀδύνατον, οἰχήσεται καὶ ἡ τῶν ἀριθ- μῶν ὑπόστασις. λέγωμεν δὲ πρῶτον εὐθὺς περὶ ἀφαιρέ- σεως, ὑποδειγματικῇ χρώμενοι τῇ διδασκαλία.

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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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