# Adversus mathematicos 81-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/81-4

συμπαραλάβοι δʼ ἄν τις ἐνταῦθα καὶ τὴν τῶν αἰσθήσεων παραλλαγήν ἄλλοι γὰρ ἄλλων εἰσὶν ὀξυωπέστεροι, καὶ ὅν τρόπον τὸ μηδέπω βλεπόμενον ἡμῖν διὰ ποσὴν ἀπόστασιν, τοῦτο ὡς μέγι- στον κατειλήφασιν ἀετοί τε καὶ ἱέρακες διʼ ὑπερβολὴν ὀξυωπίας, οὕτω τὸ ἀνίσχον ἤδη καὶ ὡροσκοποῦν ζῴδιον ἐκ μακροῦ διαστήματος τῷ μὴ ὀξυωποῦντι Χαλδαίῳ πι- θανόν ἐστιν ὡς μηδέπω ἀνατεταλκὸς δοξάζεσθαι † καὶ κατὰ σύγκρισιν ἀμβλυωποῦντι †.

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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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