# Adversus mathematicos 87-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/87-3

ἐπεὶ οὖν ὁ Χαλδαῖος οὐκ ἐτή |ρησε τὸν ἀκριβῆ τῆς γενέσεως χρόνον ἐπὶ τοῦδε τοῦ ἰδιώτου ἀλλὰ παρʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦτον ἀκούει, οὑτοσὶ δὲ ὁ ἰδιώτης τὰ μὲν διʼ ἀπειρίαν τὰ δὲ καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ πάνυ τι ἐσπουδακέναι περὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα πάλιν οὐκ οἶδε τὸν ἀκριβῆ χρόνον, καταλείπεται ἄρα πρόρρησιν μὲν μηδʼ ἡντινοῦν βεβαίαν, πλάνην δὲ καὶ φενακισμὸν ἀπὸ Χαλδαϊκῆς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις περιγίνεσθαι.

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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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