# Adversus mathematicos 286-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/286-2

τὸ δὲ προνοητικῶς κατεσκευάσθαι τὸν ἄνθρωπον παρ᾿ οὐκ ὀλίγοις αὐτῶν διαπεφώνηται. σφόδρα δ᾿ ἦν βίαιον τὸ ἐκ τῶν μᾶλλον ἀσυγχωρήτων θέλειν τὰ μὴ οὕτως ἔχοντα διδάσκειν. καὶ μὴν ῥητῶς ὁ Ἡράκλειτός (A 16 Diels) φησι τὸ μὴ εἶναι λογικὸν τὸν ἄνθρωπον, μόνον δ’ ὑπάρχειν φρενῆρες τὸ περιέχον. ὁ δὲ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς ἔτι παραδοξότερον πάντα ἠξίου λογικὰ τυγχάνειν, καὶ οὐ ζῷα μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ φυτά, ῥητῶς γράφων (B llODiels) · πάντα γὰρ ἴσθι φρόνησιν ἔχειν καὶ νώματος αἶσαν.

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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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