# Adversus mathematicos 283

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/283

ὁ δὲ Ἐπίκουρος οὐκ ἐκ τῶν Ὁμηρικῶν εἴληφε τὸν ὅρον τοῦ μεγέθους τῶν ἡδονῶν (rat. Sent. III)· μακρῷ γὰρ διαφέρει τὸ λέγειν ὅτι ἐπαύσαντό τινες πίνοντες καὶ ἐσθίοντες καὶ τὴν αὐτῶν ἐπιθυμίαν πληροῦντες (τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι τὸ αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο) τοῦ φάναι ὅρον εἶναι τῶν περὶ τὰς ἡδονὰς μεγεθῶν τὴν τοῦ ἀλγοῦντος ὑπεξαίρεσιν· τοῦτο γὰρ οὐ πάντως κρέασι καὶ οἴνῳ ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς λιτοτάτοις πέφυκε γίνεσθαι.

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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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