# Adversus mathematicos 98-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/98-3

πολλῷ δὲ ἀτοπώτατοι τυγχάνουσι κἀκείνως ὁριζόμενοι ‘εὐθεῖά ἐστιν ἥτις ἐξ ἴσου τοῖς ἑαυτῆς πέρασι στρέφεται’ ἢ οὕ- τως ‘ἥτις περὶ τὰ ἑαυτῆς πέρατα στρεφομένη πᾶσι τοῖς ἑαυτῆς μέρεσιν ἅπτεται τοῦ ἐπιπέδου.’ πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ καὶ αὗται αἱ ἀποδόσεις ὑποπίπτουσι ταῖς πρότερον ἡμῖν εἰρημέναις ἀπορίαις· εἶτα, καθὼς καὶ οἱ Ἐπικούρειοί (fr. 273 a p. 351 Us.) φασιν, ἡ τοῦ κενοῦ εὐθεῖα εὐθεῖα μέν ἐστιν, οὐ στρέφεται δὲ διὰ τὸ καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ κενὸν μήτε ὅλον μήτε κατὰ μέρος κίνησιν ἐπιδέχεσθαι.

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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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