# Adversus mathematicos 260

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

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

αἱ δέ γε κατὰ μέρος ἱστορίαι ἄπειροί τε διὰ τὸ πλῆθός εἰσι, καὶ οὐχ ἕστῶσαι διὰ τὸ μὴ τὰ αὐτὰ περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ παρα πᾶσιν ῖστορεῖσθαι. οἷον (οὐκ ἄτοπον γάρ), ἵνα συμ- φυέσι τε καὶ οἰκείοις χρησώμεθα τῶν πραγμάτων παρα- δείγμασιν. ὑπόθεσιν γὰρ ἑαυτοῖς ψευδῆ λαμβάνοντες οἱ ἱστορικοὶ τὸν ἀρχηγὸν ἡμῶν τῆς ἐπιστήμης σκληπιὸν κεκεραυνῶσθαι λέγουσιν, οὐκ ἀρκούμενοι τῷ ψεύσματι, † ἐν ᾦ † καὶ ποικίλως αὐτὸ μεταπλάττουσι,

---

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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0544.tlg002.local001/.