# Adversus mathematicos 76-3-77

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, 76 to 77. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/76-3

ὅθεν ἐπεὶ ἔχει καὶ ἡ ἐπί- πεδος πλάτος καὶ ἡ ἐπιφάνεια τοῦ κυλίνδρου ὁμοίως καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπλατής, τὸ δὲ πλάτους ποιητικὸν ὀφείλει καὶ αὐτὸ πλάτος ἔχειν, δῆλον οὖν ὡς ὅτι καὶ αἱ εὐθεῖαι γραμμαὶ συμπληρωτικαὶ οὖσαι τοῦ πλάτους ἐξ ἀνάγκης πλάτος ἔχουσιν, ὥστε μηδὲν εἶναι μῆκος ἀπλατές, διὰ δὲ τοῦτο μηδὲ γραμμήν. Εἰ δὲ καὶ δοίημεν τὴν γραμμὴν μῆκος εἶναι ἀπλατές, τὰ ἀκόλουθα τούτοις ἔτι τούτων ἀπορώτερα. ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ σημεῖον ῥυὲν ποιεῖ γραμμήν, οὕτω καὶ ἡ γραμμὴ ῥυεῖσα ποιεῖ ἐπιφάνειαν κατ᾿ αὐτούς, ἥτις ἐστί, φασί, πέ- ρας σώματος δύο ἔχον διαστάσεις, μῆκος καὶ πλάτος.

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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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