# Adversus mathematicos 4-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/4-3

ἡ μὲν οὖν μονὰς ἀρχή τις ὑπόκει- ται τῆς τῶν ἄλλων ἀριθμῶν ἀπεργαστικὴ συστάσεως, ἡ δὲ δυὰς μήκους ἐστὶν ἀπεργαστική. καθάπερ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν γεωμετρικῶν ἀρχῶν (M III 19 sqq.) ὑπεδείξαμεν πρῶτον, τίς ἐστιν ἡ στιγμή, εἶτα μετ’ αὐτὴν ἡ γραμ- μὴ μῆκος ἀπλατές τυγχάνουσα, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος ἡ μὲν μονὰς τὸν τῆς στιγμῆς ἐπέχει λόγον, ἡ δὲ δυὰς τὸν τῆς γραμμῆς καὶ τοῦ μήκους· πσθὲν γάρ ποι ἐχώρησεν ἡ διάνοια ταύτην ἐννοουμένη, τοῦτο δʼ ἦν μῆκος.

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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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