# Adversus mathematicos 45-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/45-3

ὅτι γά;ρ, φασίν, ἀπὸ τῆς διαθέσεως καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ ψιλῆς τῆς προφορᾶς κριτέον ἐστὶ τὸν ψευδόμενον, πάρεστι μαθεῖν ἐκ τῶν τεθησομένων ὑποδειγμάτων. τυμβωρύχος γὰρ λέγεται καὶ ὁ ἐπὶ τῷ σκυλεύειν τοὺς νεκροὺς τοῦτο πράττων καὶ ὁ τύμβους τοῖς νεκροῖς ὀρύττων· ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν πρῶτος κολάζεται ὡς ἀπὸ κακῆς διαθέσεως τοῦτο πράσσων, ὁ δὲ δεύτερος καὶ μισθὸν λαμβάνει τῆς ὑπηρεσίας διὰ τὴν ἀντικειμένην αἰτίαν. προφανὲς τοίνυν ἐστίν, ὅτι καὶ τὸ ψεῦδος λέγειν τοῦ ψεύδεσθαι κατὰ πολὺ διενήνοχεν, ᾗ τὸ μὲν ἀπὸ ἀστείας γίνεται γνώμης, τὸ δὲ ψεύδεσθαι ἀπὸ πονηρας.

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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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