# Adversus mathematicos 9-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/9-2

καὶ ἄλλους δέ ἐκτίθεται ὁ ἀνὴρ οὗτος ὅρους, περὶ ὧν οὐκ ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστιν ἡμῖν λέγειν τοῖς μὴ προηγουμέ- νως τὸν περὶ ῥητορικῆς διεξοδεύουσι λόγον, ἀλλʼ ὅσον τοῦ τὴν ἰδιότητα ταύτης περινοῆσμι πρὸς τὴν χειρισθη- σομένην ἡμῖν ἀντίρρησιν. ἧς ἀρχὴ γένοιτʼ ἂν εὐθέως ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκκειμένης νοήσεως. ἐπεὶ γὰρ τέχνην ἢ ἐπιστήμην λόγων ἢ τοῦ λέγειν καὶ πειθοῦς περιποιητικὴν βούλονται τυγχάνειν τὴν ῥητορικὴν οἱ τὴν ἔννοιαν αὐτῆς ἀποδιδόν- τες, πειρασόμεθα καὶ ἡμεῖς τῶν τριῶν τούτων ἐχόμενοι διδάσκειν τὸ ἀνυπόστατον αὐτῆς.

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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.
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/.