# Adversus mathematicos 353

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/353

ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ μεταξὺ τῆς ὄψεως καὶ τοῦ ὁρατοῦ πεπτωκὸς σῶμα οὐκ ἐᾶ τὴν ὄψιν ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι τοῦ ὁρατοῦ, οὕτως εἰ μεταξὺ τῆς διανοίας καὶ τοῦ ἐκτὸς ὁρατοῦ κεῖται ἡ ὅρασις ἄλογος οὖσα, οὐκ ἐάσει τὴν διάνοιαν ἡ ὅρασις τοῦ ἐκτὸς ὁρατοῦ ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι, καὶ εἰ μεταξὺ τῆς διανοίας καὶ τοῦ ἐκτὸς ἀκουστοῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἀκοή, οὐ συγχωρήσει τὴν διάνοιαν τοῦ ἀκουστοῦ ἐπιγνώμονα γίνεσθαι, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων αἰσθήσεων τὸ παραπλήσιον. ἔνδον οὖν ἀποκεκλεισμένη ἡ διάνοια, καὶ ταῖς αἰσθήσεσιν ἐπισκοτουμένη, οὐδενὸς ἔσται τῶν ἐκτὸς ἀντιληπτική. οὐδὲ ταύτην τοίνυν ῥητέον καθ’ αὑτὴν εἶναι κριτήριον.

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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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