# Adversus mathematicos 92-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/92-4

τοῦτ’ οὖν προσλαβοῦσα ἡ ἐννεὰς οὐ γενήσεται πλείων τῶν ἐννέα, ἐλάττων δὲ μᾶλλον. [τῇ γὰρ προσλήψει ταύτης γενήσεται ἡ ἐννεὰς τῆς ἐννεάδος μείζων, ἀλλὰ ἐλάσσων μᾶλλον.] ἐπεὶ οὖν καὶ ἡ “οὐχὶ” ἀπόφασις μικρότερόν τι ἐστὶ τοῦ ἀξιώματος, οὐ ποιήσει τὸ ἀξίωμα μεῖζον, διότι, ὡς μεγέθους τινὸς μετουσίᾳ γίνεταί τι μεῖζον, οὕτω καὶ ἐλάττονος μετουσία ἔλαττον ἀποτελεῖται. Ὁ μὲν οὖν Πλάτωνος λόγος οὕτως εἰς τὸν τόπον ὑπό τινων μεταχθήσεται·

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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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