# Adversus mathematicos 445

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/445

νὴ Δία, ἀλλὰ δύναταί τι καὶ ἑαυτοῦ εἶναι κριτήριον, ὧς ἐπί τε κανόνος καὶ ζυγοῦ ἐγίνετο. ὅπερ ἐστὶ μειρακιῶδες. τούτων μὲν γὰρ ἑκάστου ἔστι τι ὑπεραναβεβηκὸς κριτήριον, ὡς αἴσθηδις καὶ νοῦς, διὸ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν κατασκευὴν αὐτῶν ἐρχόμεθα· τοῦ δὲ νῦν ὑπὸ τὴν ζήτησιν πεπτωκότος κριτήριον οὐδὲν θέλουσιν ὑπεράνω τυγχάνειν. τοίνυν ἄπιστόν ἐστι περὶ αὑτοῦ τι λέγον καὶ μὴ ἔχον τὸ προσμαρτυροῦν τὴν ἀληθότητα.

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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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