# Adversus mathematicos 52

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

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

Συνελόντι δὲ φάναι, οὐδὲ κατασκευάζει καλὴν λέξιν ἡ ῥητορική. οὐδὲ γὰρ ὑποδείκνυσιν ἡμιῖν τὴν εἰς τοῦτο τεχνολογίαν, οἷον ὅτι καλῇ λέξει χρῆται πρῶτον μὲν ὁ μὴ ἐκκλίνων τὰ κατὰ τὴν συνήθειαν λεγόμενα, καθὼς καὶ ἐν τῷ πρὸς τοὺς γραμματικοὺς ὑπεδείξαμεν (M I 189 sq.), εἶτα καὶ ὁ τοῦ νοουμένου πράγματος ἀσφαλῶς κρατῶν· ῥέμβεται γὰρ ἡ λέξις ἀγνοουμένων τούτων, παρὸ καὶ εἰς τοῦτο ἀποβλέποντες ἀγαθὸν εἶναι λέγομεν ῥήτορα ἕκαστον τῶν ἰδίων ἐπιτηδευμάτων.

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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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