# Adversus mathematicos 273

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/273

ὁ δὲ Ἐπίκουρος (rat sent. III) φωρᾶται τὰ κράτιστα τῶν δογμάτων παρὰ ποιητῶν ἀνηρπακώς· τόν τε γὰρ ὅρον τοῦ μεγέθους τῶν ἡδονῶν, ὅτι ἡ παντός ἐστι τοῦ ἀλγοῦντος ὑπεξαίρεσις, ἐξ ἑνὸς στίχου δέδεικται λαβών 〈τοῦ〉 (Α 469) αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο· τὸν δὲ θάνατον, ὅτι οὐδέν ἐστι πρὸς ἡμᾶς, Ἐπίχαρμος αὐτῷ προμεμήνυκεν, εἰπὼν (fr. 247 CGF Kaibel. B 11 Diets Vors.) ἀπσθανεῖν ἢ τεθνάναι οὐ μοι διαφέρει. ὡσαύτως δέ καὶ τὰ νεκρὰ τῶν σωμάτων ἀναισθητεῖν παρʼ Ὁμήρου κέκλοφε, γράφοντος (Ω 54) κωυφὴν γὰρ δὴ γαῖαν ἀεικίζει μενεαίνων.

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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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