# Adversus mathematicos 368

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/368

καθὰ γὰρ ἡ προσπεσοῦσα τῇ σαρκὶ μάστιξ ἀλγύνει μὲν τὴν σάρκα, οὐχὶ δὲ καὶ ἀλγηδών ἐστιν, καὶ ὡς τὸ σιτίον ἢ τὸ ποτὸν ἥδει μὲν τὸν φαγόντα ἢ πιόντα, οὐκ ἔστι δὲ ἡδονή, οὕτω καὶ τὸ πῦρ θερμαίνειν μὲν δύναται, οὐχὶ δέ γε καὶ ἐξ ἀνάγκης θερμὸν εἶναι, καὶ τὸ μέλι γλυκάζειν μέν, οὐχὶ δὲ καὶ γλυκὺ τυγχάνειν· καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων αἰσθητῶν ὁ αὐτὸς λόγος. ἀλλ’ εἴπερ, ἴνα γνῶμεν τἀληθές, δεῖ τι εἶναι ἐναργές, δέδεικται δὲ πάντα ἄδηλα, ὁμολογητέον ἄγνωστον εἶναι τἀληθές.

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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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