# Adversus mathematicos 84-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/84-2

εἰ δὲ ὁ ἀθροισμὸς τούτων νοεῖται σῶμα καὶ ἄλλο παρὰ ταῦτα οὐδὲν ὑπάρχει, ἐξ ἀνάγκης, ἐπεὶ ἕκαστον τούτων ἀσώματόν ἐστι, καὶ ἡ κοινὴ τῶν ἀσωμάτων σύνοδος γενήσεται ἀσώματος. ὥσπερ γὰρ καὶ ἡ σύνθεσις τῶν στιγμῶν καὶ ἡ σύνοδος τῶν γραμμῶν ἀσωμάτων φύσει καθεστηκυιῶν οὐ ποιεῖ στερεὸν καὶ ἀντί- τυπον σῶμα, οὕτω καὶ ἡ τοῦ πλάτους καὶ ἡ τοῦ μήκους ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ τοῦ βάθους συνέλευσις ἀσώματος οὖσα οὐκ ἂν ποιήσαι στερεὸν καὶ ἀντίτυπον σῶμα. εἰ δὲ μήτε χωρὶς τούτων ἐστὶ τὸ σῶμα μήτε ταῦτʼ ἐστιν, ἀνεπινόητον, ὅσον ἐπὶ τοῖς γεωμέτραις, γίνεται τὸ 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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