# Adversus mathematicos 348

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/348

Καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ ἡ διάνοια. εἴπερ γὰρ ἐπιγνώμων ἐστὶ τἀληθοῦς ἡ διάνοια, πρότερον ὤφειλεν ἑαυτὴν ἐπιγινώσκειν· καὶ ὧς ὁ ἀρχιτέκτων κρίνει τό τε εὐθὺ καὶ στρεβλὸν καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ ἐπιβάλλειν τῇ κατασκευῇ τῶν κριτηρίων, οἷον τῇ τοῦ κανόνος καὶ τῇ τοῦ διαβήτου, οὕτως ἐχρῆν καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν, εἴπερ διακριτική ἐστι τοῦ ἀληθοῦς καὶ τοῦ ψεύδους, πολλῷ πρότερον τῇ ἑαυτῆς φύσει συνεπιβάλλειν δι’ ἥν, οὐσίᾳ τῇ ἐξ ἧς ἐστι, τόπῳ τῷ ἐν ᾧ πέφυκε, τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν.

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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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