# Adversus mathematicos 9-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/9-3

καὶ μὴν τὸ ὑποτιθέμενον πρᾶγμα ἤτοι ἀληθές ἐστι καὶ τοιοῦτον ὁποῖον αὐτὸ ὑπο- τιθέμεθα ἢ ψεῦδος. ἀλλʼ εἰ μὲν ἀληθές ἐστι, μηδὲ αἰτώ- μεθα αὐτό, εἰς πρᾶγμα ὑποψίας πλῆρες κατα |φεύγοντες, τὴν ὑπόθεσιν, ἀλλʼ αὐτόθεν λαμβάνωμεν, ἐπείπερ οὐθεὶς τἀληθῆ καὶ ὄντα ὑποτίθεται, καθάπερ οὐδὲ τὸ νῦν ἡμέραν εἶναι ἢ ἐμέ διαλέγεσθαι καὶ ἀναπίνεῖν ἡ γὰρ περιφάνεια τούτων τῶν πραγμάτων αὐτόθεν βέβαιον ἔχει τὴν θέσιν καὶ οὐ δισταζομένην τὴν ὑπόθεσιν. ὥστε εἰ ἀληθές ἐστι τὸ πρᾶγμα, μηδὲ αἰτώμεθα αὐτὸ ὡς μὴ ὄν ἀληθές.

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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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