# Adversus mathematicos 46-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/46-2

πρὸς δὲ τοὺς δευτέρους ῥητέον ὅτι ἀνόμοιόν ἐστι | τὸ παράδειγμα τοῖς ἐν χερσὶ ζητουμένοις· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἄθλησις οὐχ ὑποδείκνυσι τὴν πρὸς τὸ κακὸν χρῆσιν αὐ- τῆς οἷον τὴν πατροτυψίαν, ἡ δέ ῥητορικὴ τοῦθʼ ὡς προη- γούμενον ἔργον διδάσκει, οἷον πῶς ἂν τὰ μικρὰ μεγάλα ποιήσαιμεν τὰ δὲ μεγάλα μικρά, ἢ πῶς ἂν τὰ μὲν δίκαια ἄδικα φανείη τὰ δὲ ἄδικα δίκαια.

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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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