# Adversus mathematicos 53-3-54

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 53 to 54. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/53-3

οἵ τε γὰρ ἀπὸ τῆς Κυρήνης φιλόσοφοι μόνα φασὶν ὑπάρχειν τὰ πάθη, ἄλλο δέ οὐδέν· ὅθεν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν μὴ οὖσαν πάθος, ἀλλὰ πάθους ποιη- τικήν, μὴ γίγνεσθαι τῶν ὑπαρκτῶν. οἵ |γέ τοι περὶ τὸν Δημόκριτον καὶ Πλάτωνα πᾶν αἰσθητὸν ἀναιροῦντες συν- αναιροῦσι καὶ τὴν φωνήν, αἰσθητόν τι δοκοῦσαν πρᾶγμα ὑπάρχειν. καὶ γὰρ ἄλλως, εἰ ἔστι φωνή, ἤτοι σῶμά ἐστιν ἢ ἀσώματον οὔτε δὲ σῶμά ἐστιν, ὡς οἱ Περιπατητικοὶ διὰ πολλῶν διδάσκουσιν, οὔτε ἀσώματος, ὡς οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Στοᾶς οὐκ ἄρα ἔστι φωνή.

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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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