# Adversus mathematicos 40-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/40-3

καθόλου τε πᾶν τὸ νοούμενον κατὰ δύο τοὺς πρώτους ἐπινοεῖται τρόπους· ἢ γὰρ κατὰ περί- πτωσιν ἐναργῆ ἢ κατὰ τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐναργῶν μετάβασιν, καὶ ταύτην τρισσήν· ἢ γὰρ ὁμοιωτικῶς ἢ ἐπισυνθετικῶς ἢ ἀναλογιστικῶς. ἀλλὰ κατὰ μὲν περιπτωτικὴν ἐνάργειαν νοεῖται τὸ λευκὸν καὶ τὸ μέλαν καὶ γλυκὺ καὶ πικρόν, κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐναργῶν μετάβασιν ὁμοιωτικῶς μέν νοεῖται καθάπερ ἀπὸ τῆς Σωκράτους εἰκόνος Σωκράτης αὐτός,

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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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