# Adversus mathematicos 61-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/61-2

οἱ μὲν οὖν πλεῖστοι καὶ χαρίεντες ἔσχατον οἴονται τῆς ῥητορικῆς ἔργον εἶναι τὸ πείθειν. καὶ γὰρ οἱ περὶ τὸν Πλάτωνα εἰς τοῦτο ἀπι- δόντες δύναμιν εἰρήκασιν αὐτὴν τοῦ διὰ λόγων πείθειν, καὶ οἱ περὶ τὸν Ξενοκράτην πειθοῦς δημιουργόν, καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης (rhet. Ι 2. 1355b 26) δύναμιν τοῦ θεωρεῖν τὸ ἐνδεχόμενον πιθανόν. καὶ Ἀρίστων ὁ Κριτολάου γνώ- ριμος σκοπὸν μὲν ἐκκεῖσθαί φησιν αὐτῇ τὴν πειθώ, τέλος δὲ τὸ τυχεῖν τῆς πειθοῦς.

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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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