# Adversus mathematicos 42-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/42-4

δυνάμει δὲ ταῦτα ἀλλήλων κεχώρισται, ἐπεὶ τὸ μὲν ἀληθὲς οὐ πάντως ἐπιστήμης εἴχετο (καὶ γὰρ ὁ φαῦλος καὶ ὁ νήπιος καὶ ὁ μεμηνὼς λέγει μέν ποτέ τι ἀληθές, οὐκ ἔχει δὲ ἐπιστήμην ἀληθοῦς), ἡ δὲ ἀλήθεια κατ’ ἐπιστήμην θεωρεῖται. ὅθεν καὶ ὁ ταύτην σοφός ἐστιν ἐπιστήμην γὰρ εἶχεν ἀληθῶν) καὶ οὔποτε ψεύδεται, κἂν ψεῦδος λέγῃ, διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀπὸ κακῆς ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ ἀστείας αὐτὸ διαθέσεως προφέρεσθαι.

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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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