# Adversus mathematicos 49-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/49-3

τὰ γὰρ κατὰ ἀναλογίαν νοούμενα ἔχει τι κοι- νὸν πρὸς τὰ ἀφʼ ὧν νοεῖται, οἷον ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ μεγέ- θους τῶν ἀνθρώπων παραυξητικῶς ἐνοήσαμεν τὸν Κύ- κλωπα καὶ μειωτικῶς τὸν πυγμαῖον, ὥστε εἶναί τι κοινὸν τοῖς κατὰ ἀναλογίαν νοουμένοις πρὸς ἐκεῖνα τὰ ἀφʼ ὧν νοεῖται. οὐδὲν δʼ ἔχομεν κοινὸν τοῦ τε ἀπλατοῦς καὶ τοῦ σὺν πλάτει νοουμένου μήκους, ἵνʼ ἀπʼ ἐκείνου ὁρμηθέντες νοήσωμεν τὸ ἀπλατές μῆκος.

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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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