# Adversus mathematicos 38-3

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, ΠΡΟΣ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΟΥΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/38-3

τὸ δὲ δεύτερον καὶ τῶν |τῆς μουσικῆς ἀρχῶν καθαπτόμενον πραγματικωτέρας μᾶλλον ἔχεται ζητήσεως. οἷον ἐπεὶ ἡ μουσικὴ ἐπιστήμη τίς ἐστιν ἐμμελῶν τε καὶ ἐκμελῶν ἐνρύθμων τε καὶ ἐκ- ρύθμων, πάντως ἐὰν δείξωμεν ὅτι οὔτε τὰ μέλη ὑποστατά ἐστιν οὔτε οἱ ῥυθμοὶ τῶν ὑπαρκτῶν πραγμάτων τυγχά- νουσιν, ἐσόμεθα παρεστακότες καὶ τὴν μουσικὴν ἀνυπό- στατον. λέγωμεν δέ πρῶτον περὶ μελῶν καὶ τῆς τούτων ὑποστάσεως, μικρὸν ἄνωθεν κσταρξάμενοι. Ὅρος φωνῆς

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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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