# Adversus mathematicos 67-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/67-5

εἴπερ ἀμερές ἐστι τὸ ἐνεστὼς τοῦ χρόνου, οὔτε ἀρχὴν ἔχει ἀφʼ ἧς ἄρχεται, οὔτε πέρας ἐφʼ ὃ κατα- λήγει, διὰ δὲ τοῦτο οὐδὲ μέσον· καὶ οὕτως οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐνεστὼς χρόνος. εἰ δὲ μεριστός ἐστιν, εἰ μὲν εἰς τοὺς μὴ ὄντας χρόνους μερίζεται, οὐκ ἔσται χρόνος, εἰ δʼ εἰς τοὺς ὄντας χρόνους, οὐκ ἔσται ὅλος ὁ χρόνος, ἀλλὰ τῶν μερῶν αὐτοῦ τινὰ μὲν ἔσται τινὰ δὲ οὐκ ἔσται. τοίνυν οὐδέν ἐστι χρόνος, διὰ δὲ τοῦτο οὐδὲ πόδες, οὐδὲ ῥυθμοί, οὐδʼ ἡ περὶ τούς ῥυθμούς ἐπιστήμη.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0544.tlg002.local001/.