# Adversus mathematicos 249

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/249

ὧν πρῶτον μὲν τὸ ἀπὸ ὑπάρχοντος γίνεσθαι· πολλαὶ γὰρ τῶν φαντασιῶν προσπίπτουσιν ἀπὸ μὴ ὑπάρχοντος ὥσπερ ἐπὶ μεμηνότων, αἵτινες οὐκ ἂν εἶεν καταληπτικαί. δεύτερον δὲ τὸ καὶ ἀπὸ ὑπάρχοντος εἶναι καὶ κατ’ αὐτὸ τὸ ὑπάρχον· ἔνιαι γὰρ πάλιν ἀπὸ ὑπάρχονητος μέν εἰσιν, οὐκ αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ ὑπάρχον ἰνδάλλονται, ὧς ἐπὶ τοῦ μεμηνότ’ ὃς Ὀρέστου μικρῷ πρότερον ἐδείκνυμεν. εἷλκε μὲν γὰρ φαντασίαν ἀπὸ ὑπάρχοντος τῆς Ἠλέκτρας, οὐ κατ’ αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ ὑπάρχον· μίαν γὰρ τῶν Ἐρινύων ὑπελάμβανεν αὐτὴν εἷναι, καθὸ καὶ προσιοῦσαν καὶ τημελεῖν αὐτὸν σπουδάζουσαν ἀπωθεῖται λέγων (Εurip. Orest. 264) μέθες· μί’ οὖσα τῶν ἐμῶν Ἐρινύων. καὶ ὁ Ἡρακλῆς ἀπὸ ὑπάρχοντος μὲν ἐκινεῖτο τῶν Θηβῶν. οὐ κατ’ αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ ὑπάρχον· καὶ γὰρ κατ’ αὐτὸ τὸ ὑπάρχον δεῖ γίνεσθαι τὴν καταληπτικὴν φαντασίαν.

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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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