# Adversus mathematicos 49-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/49-2

ὅμως δʼ οὖν ῥητέον πρῶτον μὲν ὅτι οὐκ εἰ τὸν λόγον ἐξεπόνησεν ἡ ῥητορική, πάντως ἐστὶν ἔντεχνος, ἀλλʼ εἰ τὸν συμφέροντα. καθὸ γὰρ φαρμάκων διαφόρων ὄντων, καὶ τῶν μέν θανασίμων τῶν δὲ σωτη- ρίων, ἡ μὲν ἐν τοῖς θανασίμοις ἕξις καταγιγνομένη οὔτε τέχνη τίς ἐστιν οὔτε ἰατρική, ἡ δὲ περὶ τὰ σωτήρια καὶ τέχνη καὶ βιωφελής, οὕτω καὶ λόγων τῶν μὲν συμφε- ρόντων τῶν δὲ βλαπτικῶν ὄντων, εἰ μὴ περὶ τοὺς συμ- φέροντάς ἐστιν ἡ ῥητορικὴ ἀλλὰ τοὺς βλαβερούς, πρὸς τῷ μὴ εἶναι τέχνη ἔτι καὶ κακοτεχνία γενήσεται. παρεστή- σαμεν δέ γε πρότερον ὅτι βλαπτικωτάτοις ἐνυποδύεται λόγοις· τοίνυν οὐδὲ τέχνη καθέστηκεν.

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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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