# Adversus mathematicos 355-356

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 355 to 356. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/355

εἰ γὰρ λήφεται ἡ νόησις τὸ τῆς αἰσθήσεως πάθος, αἴσθησις ἔσται. τὸ γὰρ ὁρατικοῦ πάθους ἀναδεκτικὸν ὁρατικῶς κινεῖται, τὸ δὲ ὁρατικῶς κινούμενον ὅρασίς ἐστιν· καὶ τὸ ἀκουστικοῦ πάθους ἀναδεκτικὸν ἀκουστικῶς κινεῖται, ὃ δὲ ἀκουστικῶς κινεῖται, ἀκοή ἐστιν· καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων αἰσθήσεων τὸ παραπλήσιον. διόπερ καὶ ἡ διάνοια, εἰ τὸ ἑκάστης αἰσθήσεως ἀναλαμβάνει πάθος, αἰσθητικῶς κινεῖται, αἰσθητικῶς δὲ κινουμένη αἴσθησίς ἐστιν, αἴσθησις δὲ οὖσα ἄλογός ἐστιν, ἄλογος δὲ γενομένη ἐκπεσεῖται τοῦ ἔτι νόησις ὑπάρχειν, μὴ οὖσα δὲ νόησις οὐ λήψεται τὸ τῆς αἰσθήσεως πάθος ὡς νόησις.

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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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