# Adversus mathematicos 400

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, <ΠΡΟΣ ΛΟΓΙΚΟΥΣ>. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/400

ἔνεστι δὲ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ ἐνταυθοῖ διδάσκειν, ὅτι ἐναργεῖς σχεδόν εἰσι τῶν φαντασιῶν αἱ διαφοραί, καθ’ ἃς αἱ μὲν ἐπισπῶνται ἡμῶν τὴν συγκατάθεσιν, αἱ δ’ ἀποκρούονται, καὶ οὔτε ἅπασαι ἐπισπῶνται κοινῶς οὔτε ἅπασαι συλλήβδην ἀποχρούονται, ἐπεί τοι μηδεμιᾶς οὔσης τῆς διαφορᾶς, ἀλλὰ πασῶν ἐπ’ ἴσης ἀπίστων οὐσῶν ἢ πιστῶν, οὔτε τέχνη ποτ’ ἂν οὔτε ἀτεχνία καθειστήκει, οὐκ ἔπαινος, οὐκ ἐπιτίμησις, οὐκ ἀπάτη· ἐνοεῖτο γὰρ ἡ μὲν τέχνη καὶ ἀποδοχὴ καὶ τὸ ἀνεξαπάτητον κατὰ τὰς ἀληθεῖς φαντασίας, ἡ δὲ ἀπάτη καὶ ἐπιτίμησις κάτα τὰς ψευδεῖς. οὔτε οὑν πάσας ἀληθεῖς εἶναι ῥητέον καὶ πιστὰς οὔτε πάσας ψευδεῖς καὶ ἀπίστους.

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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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