# Adversus mathematicos 47-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/47-3

καὶ εἰ μὲν ἐν τοῖς κατ᾿ ἀνάγκην, ἀνωφελεῖς εἰσιν ἐν τῷ βίῳ· τὸ γὰρ κατ᾿ ἀνάγκην συμβαῖνον οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκκλῖναι, ἀλλʼ ἐάν τε θέλωμεν ἐάν τε μὴ θέλωμεν, ἐκ- βῆναι δεῖ τὸ τοιοῦτο. τότε δʼ ἄν χρειώδης ἐτύγχανεν ἡ πρόρρησις, εἰ πρὸς τὴν ἔκκλισιν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀναφορὰν ἐλάμβανεν. εἰ δʼ ἐν τοῖς τυχηροῖς, ἀδύνατόν τι ἐπαγγέλ- λονται· ἄστατα γὰρ τὰ τυχηρῶς γινόμενα, τῶν δέ ἀστά- των καὶ ἄλλοτε ἄλλως ἐκβαινόντων οὐκ ἔστιν ἑστῶσαν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν προαγόρευσιν.

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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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