# Adversus mathematicos 59-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/59-3

ὅθεν καὶ ἐνδέχεται συμπλέξαντας τὸ τοῦ τοίχου μῆκός τινι πλά- τει καὶ ὁτῳδηποτοῦν νόησιν αὐτοῦ ποιεῖσθαι ὥστε μῆκος λαμβάνεσθαι τὰ νῦν οὐ χωρὶς παντὸς πλάτους, καθάπερ ἀξιοῦσιν οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν μαθημάτων, ἀλλὰ χωρὶς τοῦδέ τινος πλάτους. προύκειτο δὲ τῷ Ἀριστοτέλει παραστῆσαι οὐχ ὅτι τινὸς πλάτους ἀμοιρεῖ τὸ κατὰ τοὺς γεωμέτρας λεγό- μενον μῆκος, ἀλλʼ ὅτι παντὸς ἐστέρηται πλάτους· ὅπερ οὐκ ἀπέδειξεν.

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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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