# Adversus mathematicos 83-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/83-2

Σκοπῶμεν δὲ καὶ οὕτως· εἰ γὰρ σῶμά ἐστιν, ὥς φασιν οἱ γεωμέτραι, τὸ τὰς τρεῖς ἔχον διαστάσεις, μῆκος πλάτος βάθος, ἤτοι χωριστόν ἐστι τούτων τὸ σῶμα, ὥστε ἄλλο μὲν εἶναι τὸ σῶμα ἄλλο δὲ τὸ μῆκος τοῦ σώματος πλάτος τε καὶ βάθος, ἢ ὁ ἀθροισμὸς τούτων ἐστὶ τὸ σῶμα. ἀλλὰ χωρίζεσθαι μὲν τούτων τὸ σῶμα οὐ πιθανόν ἐστιν· ὅπου γὰρ μήτε μῆκός ἐστι μήτε πλάτος μήτε βάθος, ἐκεῖ οὐχ οἷόν τε νοῆσαι σῶμα·

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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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