# Adversus mathematicos 54-2-55

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 54 to 55. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/54-2

χρῷτο δʼ ἂν καλῶς λέξει καὶ ὁ κατειληφὼς τίνος ἕνεκα τὰς μεταλήψεις ποιούμεθα τῶν λέξεων, ἤτοι ὑπέρ τοῦ μὴ εὐθυρρημονεῖν προσκοπὴν φέροντος τοῦ εὐθέος ῥήματος, ἢ ὑπέρ τοῦ τι σαφηνίζειν, ὡς ὅταν τὸ μὲν αἴτιον εἰς τὸ ποιοῦν μεταλαμβάνωμεν, τὸ δὲ σημεῖον εἰς τὸ δηλοῦν. εἰ μέν οὖν, ὡς ἔφην, ἐτεχνο λογεῖτό τινα περὶ τούτων τοῖς ῥήτορσι, τάχα ἂν καὶ τὸ καλῶς λέγειν καὶ τὴν κεκαλλω- πισμένην λέξιν ἐκ ῥητορικῆς εἶχον. νῦν δὲ επεὶ ταύτης τῆς θεωρίας οὐ ψαύουσιν, ἢ εἰ ψαύοιεν, οὔτι γε κατὰ ῥη- τορικήν, λεκτέον μὴ ῥητορικῆς ἴδιον εἶναι τὸ καλλιλεκτεῖν.

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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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