# Adversus mathematicos 344

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/344

οὐκ ἄρα εὑρίσκειν τἀληθὲς ὁ ἄνθρωπος πέφυκεν. αἰσθήσεσι μὲν οὖν μόναις λαβεῖν τἀληθὲς οὐ δύναται, καθὼς ἔμπροσθεν ἐπεδείξαμεν (§ 293 sqq.), καὶ νῦν δὲ ἐΝ γον παραμυθησόμεθα. φύσει γάρ εἰσιν ἄλογοι, καὶ πλέον τοῦ τυποῦσθαι πρὸς τῶν φανταστῶν μὴ δυνάμεναι παντελῶς ἄθετοι καθεστᾶσι πρὸς εὕρεσιν τἀληθοῦς. οὐ γὰρ μόνον λευκαντικῶς ἢ γλυκαντικῶς δεῖ κινεῖσθαι τὸ ληψόμενον τἀληθὲς ἐν τοῖς ὑποκειμένοις, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰς φαντασίαν ἀχθῆναι τοῦ τοιούτου πράγματος “τοῦτο λευκόν ἐστι” καὶ “τοῦτο γλυκύ ἐστιν’. καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων τὸ παραπλήσιον.

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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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