# Adversus mathematicos 302-2-303

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 302 to 303. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/302-2

πῶς γὰρ δύναται κρῖναι ἀκούουσαν ἀκοὴν αὐτὴ μὴ ἔχουσα φύσιν ἀκουστικήν; καὶ ἀναστρόφως, ἵνα καὶ ἡ ἀκοὴ ὧς ὁρώχαλκείων σὴς ἀντιλάβηται τῆς ὄψεως, δεῖ πολὺ πρότερον αὐτὴν ὅρασιν γενέσθαι. τοῦτο δὲ οὐδεμίαν ὑπερβολὴν ἔοικεν ἀτοπίας ἀπολείπειν. λεκτέον ἄρα μηδὲ τἀς αἰσθήσεις ἢ τοῦ σώματος ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι ἢ αὑτῶν ἢ ἀλλήλων. Ναί, φασὶν οἱ δογματικοί, ἀλλ’ ἡ διάνοια καὶ τὸν ὄγκον καὶ τὰς αἰσθήσεις καὶ ἑαυτὴν γνωρίζει. ὅπερ καὶ αὐτὸ τῶν ἀπόρων ἐστίν. ὅταν γὰρ ἀξιώσωσι τὴν διάνοιαν ἀντιληπτικὴν γίνεσθαι τοῦ τε ὅλου σώματος καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῶ, πευσόμεθα πότερον ὑφ’ ‘ὲν ὅλῳ ἐπιπεσοῦσα τῷ ὄγκῳ τὴν κατάληψιν ποιεῖται, ἢ τοῖς μέρεσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ταῦτα συντιθεῖσα τὸ ὅλον καταλαμβάνεται.

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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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