# Adversus mathematicos 43-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/43-2

Τοσαῦτα μὲν οὖν καὶ τοῖς Ἀκαδημαϊκοῖς ἐν καταδρο- μῆς μέρει λέγεται περὶ ῥητορικῆς, ὥστε εἰ μήτε τῷ ἔχοντι μήτε τοῖς πέλας ἐστὶν ὠφέλιμος, οὐκ ἂν εἴη τέχνη. ἀλλὰ πρὸς ταῦτα ἀπο λογούμενοί τινες μέν φασιν ὅτι διτ- τῆς οὔσης ῥητορικῆς, τῆς μὲν ἀστείας καὶ ἐν σοφοῖς τῆς δὲ ἐν μέσοις ἀνθρώποις, τὴν κατηγορίαν γεγονέναι οὐ τῆς ἀστείας ἀλλὰ τῆς τῶν μοχθηρῶν.

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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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