# Adversus mathematicos 67-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/67-2

ἐπεὶ οὖν πᾶν ἀληθές, ὁποῖόν ποτʼ ἂν ᾖ, ἤτοι πιθανόν ἐστιν ἢ ἀπίθανον, ἀκο- λουθήσει τὴν ῥητορικὴν παντὸς ἀληθοῦς εἶναι θεωρητι- κήν. τῷ δέ παντὸς ἀληθοῦς εἶναι θεωρητικὴν ἀκολουθή- σει τὸ καὶ παντὸς ψεύδους· ᾧ γὰρ λόγῳ ὁ διακριτικὸς τοῦ πιθανοῦ ἐξ ἀνάγκης καὶ τοῦ ἀπιθάνου διακριτικὸς ἔσται, τῷ αὐτῷ καὶ ὁ παντὸς ἀληθοῦς ἐπιγνώμων συν- επιβάλλει παντὶ τῷ ἀντικειμένῳ, τουτέστι τῷ ψεύδει. εἰ δέ τοῦτο, ἔσταμι ἡ ῥητορικὴ γνῶσις ἀληθῶν τε καὶ ψευ- δῶν. οὐ πάνυ δέ γε τοῦτο τοίνυν οὐδὲ τοῦ αὐτόθεν ἀλη- θοῦς ἐστι θεωρητική.

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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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