# Adversus mathematicos 64-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/64-3

εἰ δὲ παράλληλοι γίνονται δύο γραμμαὶ κατὰ παράθε- σιν δυοῖν σωμάτων, τὸ ἐκ τῶν δυοῖν γραμμῶν μεῖζον ἔσται τῆς μιᾶς γραμμῆς. εἰ δὲ τὸ ἐκ τῶν δυοῖν γινόμενον γραμ- μῶν μεῖζόν ἐστι τῆς μιᾶς γραμμῆς, ἔχοι ἂν ἑκατέρα αὐτῶν πλάτος, ὃ μεθʼ ἑτέρας μείζονα ποιεῖ τὴν διάστασιν, καὶ οὕτως οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπλατὲς μῆκος ἡ γραμμή. δυοῖν οὖν θάτερον, ἢ ἀναιρεῖν δεῖ τὴν ἐνάργειαν, ἢ μενούσης ταύτης ἀθετεῖν τὴν τῶν γεωμετρῶν ἐπίνοιαν, καθʼ ἣν οἴονται τὴν γραμμὴν μῆκος ἀπλατὲς ὑπάρχειν.

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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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