# Adversus mathematicos 260-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/260-2

ἄτοπον οὖν ἐστι τοσαύτην δύναμιν ἀθετεῖν καὶ τὸ ὥσπερ φῶς αὐτῶν ἀφαιρεῖσθαι. ὃν γὰρ τρόπον ὁ χρώματα μὲν ἀπολείπων καὶ τἀς ἐν τούτοις διαφοράς, τὴν δὲ ὅρασιν ἀναιρῶν ὧς ἀνύπαρκτον ἢ ἄπιστον, καὶ φωνὰς μὲν εἶναι λέγων, ἀκοὴν δὲ μὴ ὑπάρχειν ἀξιῶν, σφόδρα ἐστὶν ἄτοπος (δι᾿ ὧν γὰρ ἐνοήσαμεν χρώματα καὶ φωνάς, ἐκείνων ἀπόντων οὐδὲ χρῆσθαι δυνατοὶ χρώμασιν ἢ φωναῖς), οὕτω καὶ ὁ τὰ πράγματα μὲν ὁμολογῶν, τὴν δὲ φαντασίαν τῆς αἰσθήσεως, σεως, δι’ ἦς τῶν πραγμάτων ἀντιλαμβάνεται, διαβάλλων τελέως ἐστὶν ἐμβρόντητος, καὶ τοῖς ἀψύχοις ἴσον αὐτὸν ποιῶν.

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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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