# Adversus mathematicos 365-366

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 365 to 366. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/365

οὐδὲν δὲ ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ πέφυκε λαμβάνεσθαι, ἀλλὰ πάντα ἐκ πάθους, ὅπερ ἕτερον ἦν τοῦ ποιοῦντος αὐτὸ φανταστοῦ· γλυκανθεὶς γὰρ μέλιτος προσαχθέντος στοχάζομαι, ὅτι γλυκύ ἐστι τὸ ἐκτὸς ὑποκείμενον μέλι, καὶ ἀλεανθεὶς πυρὸς προσαχθέντος σημειοῦμαι ἐκ τῆς ἐμὲ διαθέσεως, ὅτι τὸ ἐκτὸς ὑποκείμενον πῦρ ἀλεεινόν ἐστι, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων αἰσθητῶν ὁ αὐτὸς λόγος. ἐπεὶ οὖν τὸ ἐξ ἑτέρου ληπτὸν συμφώνως κατὰ πάντας ἄδηλόν ἐστι, πάντα δὲ ἐκ παθῶν ἡμετέρων ἕτερα ὄντα τούτων λαμβάνεται, πάντα ἐστὶ τὰ ἐκτὸς ἄδηλα καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἡμῖν ἄγνωστα· δεῖ γὰρ εἰς τὴν τῶν ἀφανῶν γνῶσιν ἐναργές τι παρεῖναι, καὶ τούτου μὴ παρόντος οἴχεται καὶ ἡ ἐκείνων κατάληψις.

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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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