# Adversus mathematicos 50-4

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, <ΠΡΟΣ ΛΟΓΙΚΟΥΣ>. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/50-4

διὰ τούτων γὰρ σαφὲς μὲν ἔοικε λέγειν τἀληθὲς καὶ τὸ γνώριμον, καθὸ καὶ λέγεται (Eiiripid. Pboen. 469) ἀπλοῦς ὁ μῦθος τῆς ἀληθείας ἔφυ, ἄνδρα δὲ τὸν ἄνθρωποι, τῷ εἰδικῷ καταχρώμενος ἀντὶ τοῦ γένους· εἶδος γὰρ ἀνθρώπου καθέστηκεν ὁ ἀνήρ. σύνηθες δ’ ἐστὶ τούτῳ χρῆσθαι τῷ τρόπῳ τῆς φράσεως καὶ ‘Ιπποκράτει, ὅταν λέγῃ (aphorism.VII 43) ‘‘ γυνὴ ἀμφιδέξιος οὐ γίνεται ”, τουτέστι θήλεια ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς μέρεσι τῆς μήτρας οὐ συνίσταται. ἀμφὶ θεῶν δὲ ὑποδειγματικῶς περί τινος τῶν ἀδήλων, δόκον δὲ τὴν δόκησιν καὶ τὴν δόξαν.

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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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