# Adversus mathematicos 83-3

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, <ΠΡΟΣ ΛΟΓΙΚΟΥΣ Β΄.>. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/83-3

εἰ οὖν ἀδύνατόν ἐστιν ὑπάρχειν τι οὗ τὰ μέρη ἀσυνύπαρκτά ἐστι, δέδεικται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ μιᾶς λέξεως ἀσυνύπαρκτα τὰ μέρη, ῥητέον μηδεμίαν ὑπάρχειν λέξιν. διὰ τοῦτο δὲ οὐδὲ ἀξίωμα, ὅ φασι σύνθετον εἶναι, οἷον τὸ τοιοῦτο ‘‘Σωκράτης ἔστιν”. ὅτε γὰρ λέγεται οὔπω ἔστι τὸ ἔστιν, καὶ ὅτε τὸ ἔστι λέγεται, τὸ Σωκράτης οὐκέτι ἔστιν. οὐδέποτε ἄρα ὅλον ὑπάρχει τὸ ἀξίωμα, ἀλλὰ μέρη τοῦ ὅλου· τὰ δὲ μέρη τούτου οὐκ ἔστιν ἀξιώματα.

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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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