# Adversus mathematicos 434

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/434

καὶ μὴν ἢ ἐγίνωσκε τὸ δόγμα τοῦτο Χρύσιππος Στωικὸν ὄν (φημὶ δὲ τὸ ‘‘πάντα ἀγνοεῖ ὁ φαῦλος”), ἢ οὐδὲ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἠπίστατο. καὶ εἰ μὲν ἠπίστατο, ψεῦδος τὸ πάντα ἀγνοεῖν τὸν φαῦλον· αὐτὸ γὰρ τοῦτο φαῦλος ὢν ἐγίνωσκεν ὁ Χρύσιππος, τὸ πάντα ἀγνοεῖν τὸν φαῦλον. εἰ δ’ οὐδ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ᾔδει τὸ ὅτι πάντα ἀγνοεῖ, πῶς περὶ πολλῶν δογματίζει, τιθεὶς τὸ ἔνα εἶναι κόσμον καὶ προνοίᾳ τοῦτον διοικεῖσθαι καὶ διόλου τρεπτὴν εἷναι τὴν οὐσίαν καὶ ἄλλα παμπληθῆ;

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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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