# Adversus mathematicos 72-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/72-2

Ἡμεῖς μὲν οὖν ταύταις ἀξιοῦμεν ταῖς ἐνστάσεσι χρῆ- σθαι πρὸς τοὺς ῥήτορας, ἄλλοι δὲ καὶ τὰς λεχθησομένας εἰώθασι παραλαμβάνειν, αἷς ἐξέσται τῷ βουλοιένῳ χρῆ- σθαι. φασὶ γάρ, ἤτοι τέχνη ἐστὶν ἡ ῥητορικὴ ἢ οὔκ ἐστιν. καὶ εἰ μὲν μή ἐστι, μηδὲ τέλος αὐτῆς ζητῶμεν εἰ δέ ἐστι, πῶς κοινὸν ἔχει τέλος καὶ τοῦ μὴ ῥήτορος; τὸ γὰρ πείθειν πολλοῖς πάρεστι διὰ πλοῦτον ἢ κάλλος ἢ δόξαν, ὡς πρότερον (§ 4) ὑπεδείκνυμεν.

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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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