# Adversus mathematicos 285

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/285

εἶτα οὐδὲ κατὰ τοῦτο ἔφησεν ὁ ἓπί- κουρος τὸν θάνατον μηδὲν εἶναι πρὸς ἡμᾶς, καθὸ ἀδιά- φορόν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἢ μή. πολλῷ γὰρ αἱρετώτερον τὸ ζῆν διὰ τὸ αἰσθανομένων εἶναι τὸ ἀγαθόν ἀλλʼ ἐν ἀναισθη- σία οὐτε κακόν τι εἶναι οὔτε ἀγαθόν. τὸ μέν γὰρ ἀναι- σθητεῖν τὰ νεκρὰ τῶν σωμάτων οὐχ ὁ ποιητὴς μόνος οἶδεν ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ σύμπας βίος. μήτηρ γοῦν πολλάκις υἱὸν θρηνοῦσα φησὶν ἀλλὰ σὺ μέν τούτων οὐκ ἐπαισθάνῃ, ἐγὼ δέ ταλαιπωρῶ’ καὶ ἐνατενίζουσα ἐπιφθέγγεται ‘τίς δέ ἐστιν ἔτι σοι τούτων ὄνησις;’

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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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