# Adversus mathematicos 71-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/71-2

καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ τὸ κοινὸν τοῦ τε ἀληθοῦς καὶ ψεύ- δους μεταδιώκει· ἐν τούτῳ γὰρ καὶ ψεῦδος κατεπέπλεκτο· ἄτοπόν τε καθειστήκει τὸ τέχνην ψευδέσι χρῆσθαι, σὺν τῷ κατὰ τὸν προυποδεδειγμένον τρόπον ἀκολουθεῖν τὸ καὶ ἐπιστήμην αὐτὴν ἀληθῶν τε καὶ ψευδῶν γίνεσθαι, τοῦ πράγματος μὴ οὕτως ἔχοντος. ἀλλʼ εἰ μήτε ἀληθὲς μήτε ψεῦδος μήτε τὸ κοινὸν ἀμφοτέρων θεωρεῖν δύναται ἡ ῥητορική, παρὰ δέ ταῦτα οὐδέν ἐστι πιθανόν, οὐκ ἂν εἴη ῥητορικῆς τὸ πείθειν.

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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/.