# Adversus mathematicos 386-387

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 386 to 387. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/386

εἰ δὲ φαντασίᾳ, πάντως αὕτη ἡ φαντασία, ἴνα γνωσθῇ εἰ αὐτὴ ὁμοία ἐστὶ τῷ ποιοῦντι αὐτὴν φανταστῷ, ὀφείλει ἑαυτὴν λαβεῖν καὶ τὸ ὑποκείμενον φανταστόν. ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν ὑποκείμενον φανταστὸν τάχα δυνήσεται λαβεῖν φαντασία οὖσα ἐκείνου· ἑαυτὴν δὲ πῶς λήψεται; ἴνα γὰρ τοῦτο γένηται, δεήσει ταὐτὸ καὶ φαντασίαν καὶ φανταστὸν γίνεσθαι. καὶ ἐπεί ἐστιν ἕτερον μὲν τὸ φανταστόν (αἴτιον γάρ ἐστιν), ἕτερον ἐστιν ἡ φαντασία (ἀποτέλεσμα γὰρ ἦν), ἔσται τὸ ἕτερον ἑαυτοῦ αἴτιόν τε ἅμα καὶ ἀποτέλεσμα)· ὧν ἑκάτερόν ἐστιν ἄλογον.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0544.tlg002.local001/.