# Adversus mathematicos 261-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/261-3

καὶ τοσοῦτον ἀπέχει τοῦ δύνασθαι βεβαίως τι παριστᾶν, ὧς καὶ ἀνάπαλιν αὐτὰ χρῄζειν τοῦ παραστήσοντος. λελήθασί τε αὐτοὺς οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Στοᾶς εἰς τὸν δι’ ἀλλήλων ἐμπίπτοντες τρόπον. ἵνα γὰρ τὰ λεκτὰ ὁμολογηθῇ, ἀπόδειξιν εἶναι δεῖ καὶ σημεῖον· ἴνα δὲ ἡ ἀπόδειξις καὶ τὸ σημεῖον προϋφεστήκῃ, προπεπιστῶσθαι ἀνάγκη τὴν τῶν λεκτῶν φύσιν. εἰς ἄλληλα οὖν συννεύοντα καὶ τὴν ἐξ ἀλλήλων περιμένοντα πίστιν ἐπ’ ἴσης ἐστὶν ἄπιστα.

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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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