# Adversus mathematicos 48-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/48-2

Ἀλλὰ ὅτι μὲν οὐ ῥητέον τὴν ῥητορικὴν τέχνην, ἐκ τού- των συμφανές· τὸ δέ μετὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἐκ τῆς ὕλης περὶ ἤν ἐστι σκοπῶμεν αὐτῆς τὸ ἀνυπόστατον. καίτοι προαπο- δέδοται ἡμῖν τὸ κεφάλαιον ἐν τῷ πρὸς τοὺς γραμματι- κούς (MM I 99 sqq.). εἰ γὰρ περὶ λόγον ἡ γραμματικὴ πο- νεῖται, οὔτε δὲ λέξις ἐστί τι οὔτε λόγος ἐκ λέξεων συγ- κείμενος, ὡς ἐπεδείξαμεν, διὰ τὸ οὖ τὰ μέρη μὴ ἔστιν ἀνύπαρκτον εἶναι, ἀκολουθήσει καὶ τὸ τὴν ῥητορικὴν ἀν- υπόστατον ὑπάρχειν.

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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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