# Adversus mathematicos 5-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/5-2

καὶ μὴν οὐκ ἐπεὶ λόγοις πείθει, πάντως ἐστὶ ῥητορική (καὶ γὰρ ἡ ἰατρικὴ καὶ αἱ ὁμοειδεῖς ταύτῃ τέχναι διὰ λόγου πείθουσιν), ἀλλʼ εἴ τις ἐν αὐτοῖς προηγουμένως τοῖς λό- γοις ὑποκειμένην ἔχει τὴν ἰσχύν· καὶ οὐ κοίνως, ἐπείπερ καὶ ἡ γεωμετρία καὶ ἀριθμητικὴ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ τῷ γένει θεωρητικὴ τέχνη ἐν λόγοις προηγουμένως ἔχει τὸ κῦρος, ἀΑλλʼ ὅταν σὺν τούτοις μὴ διδασκαλικήν, ὤσπερ γεωμετρία, ἀλλὰ πειστικὴν ποιῆται τὴν πειθώ ὅπερ ἦν ἴδιον ῥητο- ρικῆς.

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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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