# Adversus mathematicos 340

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/340

Ἐρωτᾶται δὲ καὶ οὕτως· οἱ κρίνειν τἀληθὲς ἐπαγγελλόμενοι κριτήριον ἔχειν ὀφείλουσι τοῦ ἀληθοῦς. τοῦτο οὖν τὸ κριτήριον ἤτοι ἀνεπίκριτόν ἐστιν ἢ ἐπικέκριται. καὶ εἰ μὲν ἀνεπίκριτόν ἐστι, πόθεν ὅτι πιστόν; οὐδὲν γὰρ τῶν ἀμφισβητουμένων χωρὶς κρίσεως ἐστι πιστόν. εἰ δὲ ἐπικέκριται, πάλιν τὸ κρῖναν αὐτὸ ἤτοι ἀνεπίκριτόν ἐστιν ἤ ἐπικέκριται. καὶ εἰ μὲν ἀνεπίκριτον, ἄπιστον· εἰ δὲ ἐπικέκριται, πάλιν τὸ ἐπικρῖναν αὐτὸ ἤτοι ἐπικέκριται ἢ οὐκ ἐπικέκριται, καὶ οὕτως εἰς ἄπειρον.

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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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