# Adversus mathematicos 94-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/94-2

καίτοι πρὶν τούτων καὶ πρὸς τὰς ὑποβεβηκυίας αὐτῶν ἀρχὰς οὐκ ὀλίγα δυνατόν ἐστι λέγειν, οἷον ὅταν φῶσιν εὐθεῖαν εἶναι γραμμὴν τὴν ἐξ ἴσου τοῖς ἑαυτῆς μέρεσι κειμένην. ἵνα γὰρ τὰ ἄλλα παρ- ῶμεν, ἐκεῖνο μὲν συμφανές ἐστιν ὅτι τῆς γενικῆς γραμ- μῆς μὴ οὔσης οὐδὲ εὐθεῖα γραμμὴ γένοιτʼ ἄν ὡς γὰρ ζῴου μὴ ὄντος οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπος ἔστι καὶ ἀνθρώπου μὴ ὅντος οὐδὲ Σωκράτης ἔστιν, οὕτω τῆς γενικῆς ἀναιρου- μένης γραμμῆς συνανῄρηται καὶ ἡ ἐπίπεδος εὐθεῖα γραμ- μή.

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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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