# Adversus mathematicos 52-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/52-4

ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο τῶν ἀπόρων. εἰ γὰρ τὸ πιθανὸν ἀληθές ἐστιν, ἐπεὶ οὐ τὸ αὐτὸ πάντας πείθει οὐδὲ διά παντὸς τοὺς αὐτούς, δώσομεν τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ ὑπάρχειν καὶ μὴ ὑπάρχειν καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἀληθὲς ἅμα εἶναι καὶ ψεῦδος· ᾗ μὲν γὰρ πείθει τινάς, ἀληθὲς ἔσται καὶ ὑπάρχον, ᾗ δὲ ἑτέρους οὐ πείθει, ψεῦδος καὶ ἀνύπαρκτον. ἀδύνατον δέ γε τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ εἶναι καὶ μὴ εἶναι, ἀληθές τε ὑπάρχειν καὶ ψεῦδος·

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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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