# Adversus mathematicos 99-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/99-5

Τοιαῦτα μὲν ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίοις τὰ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁπλῶν ἀξιωμάτων λεγόμενα τοῖς διαλεκτικοῖς ὑπῆρχεν. οἱ δὲ ἀπορητικοὶ ζητοῦσι π ρῶτον, εἰ δύναται τὸ ὡρισμένον ἀληθὲς εἶναι· τούτου γὰρ ἀναιρεθέντος οὐδὲ τὸ ἀόριστον δύναται ὑπάρχειν ἀληθές, ἀναιρουμένου δὲ καὶ τοῦ ἀορίστου οὐδὲ τὸ μέσον τούτων ὑποστήσεται. ταῦτα δ’ ἦν ὥσπερ στοιχεῖα τῶν ἁπλῶν ἀξιωμάτων· τοίνυν ἀθετουμένων αὐτῶν οἰχήσεται καὶ τὰ ἀπλᾶ ἀξιώματα, καὶ οὐκ ἐνέσται λέγειν τἀληθὲς ἐν τοῖς ἁπλοῖς ὑπάρχειν ἀξιώμασιν.

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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/.