# Adversus mathematicos 40-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/40-4

τῆς δὲ φωνῆς ἡ μέν τίς ἐστιν ὀξεῖα ἡ δὲ βαρεῖα, μεταφορικώ- τερον ἀπὸ τῶν περὶ τὴν ἁφὴν αἰσθητῶν ἑκατέρου τούτων λαμβάνοντος τὴν προσηγορίαν καθάπερ γὰρ τὸ κεντοῦν καὶ τέμνον τὴν ἁφὴν ὀξὺ προσηγόρευσεν ὁ βίος καὶ τὸ θλάσιν ἐμποιοῦν καὶ πιέζον βαρύ, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ τῆς φωνῆς τὴν μέν οἱονεὶ τέμνουσαν τὴν ἀκοὴν ὀξεῖαν, τὴν δὲ ὥσπερ θλῶσαν βαρεῖαν.

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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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