# Adversus mathematicos 76-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/76-2

ὅ τε εὔνοιαν τοῖς δικασταῖς ἐμποιῶν λόγος, οὗτός ἐστι πειστικός· εὔνοιαν δὲ ἐμποιεῖ οὐχ ὁ ῥητορικὸς ἀλλʼ ὁ ἀφελὴς καὶ τὸν ἰδιωτικὸν ὑποφαίνων τύπον. τῷ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ ῥήτορος ἀντίκεινται πάντες ταῖς ὑπεροχαῖς φθο- νοῦντες· κἂν γὰρ δίκαια κατασκευάζῃ ὁ ῥήτωρ, δοκοῦσι μὴ διὰ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων φύσιν ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν τοῦ ῥή- τορος πανουργίαν τὰ [μὴ ] δίκαια τοιαῦτα αὐτοῖς φαίνε- σθαι·

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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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