# Adversus mathematicos 56-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/56-2

ἣ τε λέξις καθʼ ἑαυτὴν οὔτε καλή ἐστιν οὐτε μοχθηρά. τεκμήριον δὲ τὸ τῇ αὐτῇ ὑπὸ μὲν ἀστείου καὶ σεμνοῦ λεγομένῃ προσκόπτειν ἡμᾶς, ὑπὸ δὲ μίμου γελω τοποιοῦν- τος μηδαμῶς. διόπερ ὅταν λέγηται ὁ ῥήτωρ καλῆς λέ- ξεως εἶναι κατασκευαστικός, ἤτοι κατὰ τοῦτο λέγεταμι, καθὸ τὴν τὰ συμφέροντα πράγματα δη λοῦσαν λέξιν κατα- σκευάζει, ἢ τὴν οἵα ἐστὶν ἡ τοῦ ἑλληνίζειν, ἢ τὴν [οἵαν] ἐναργῶς καὶ συντόμως καὶ ἐγκατασκεύως δηλοῦσαν τὰ πράγματα.

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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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