# Adversus mathematicos 85-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/85-5

Διδομένου δὲ τοῦ ἀξίωμα εἶναί τι, <.....> ἀληθὲς καί τι ψεῦδος οὐ συγχωρήσουσιν οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σκέψεως διὰ τὸ μὴ εὐαπόδοτον αὐτὸ καθεστάναι τοῖς πρὸς οὕς ἐστιν ὁ λόγος. φασὶ γὰρ ἀληθὲς μὲν εἶναι ἀξίωμα ὃ ὑπάρχει τε καὶ ἀντίκειταί τινι, ψεῦδος δὲ ὃ οὐχ ὑπάρχει μὲν ἀντίκειται δέ τινι. ἐρωτώμενοι δέ, τί ἐστι τὸ ὑπάρχον, λέγουσι τὸ καταληπτικὴν κινοῦν φαντασίαν·

---

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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0544.tlg002.local001/.