# Adversus mathematicos 52-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/52-2

Πλὴν ἐκ τούτων συμφανές ὅτι πᾶσα ἡ κατὰ μελῳδίας θεωρία παρὰ τοῖς μουσικοῖς οὐκ ἐν ἄλλῳ τινὶ τὴν ὑπό- στασιν εἶχεν εἰ μὴ ἐν τοῖς φθόγγοις. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀναι- ρουμένων αὐτῶν τὸ μηδὲν ἔσται ἡ μουσική. πῶς οὖν καὶ ἐρεῖ τις ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶ φθόγγοι; ἐκ τοῦ φωνὴν αὐτοὺς κατὰ γένος ὑπάρχειν, φήσομεν, καὶ τὴν φωνὴν ἀνύπαρκτον ἡμῖν ἐν τοῖς σκεπτικοῖς ὑπομνήμασι δεδεῖχθαι ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν δογματικῶν μαρτυρίας.

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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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