# Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes 3.158

Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes, Book 3, κ′ περὶ ἀριθμοῦ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/pyrrhoniae-hypotyposes/3.158

ὅτι δὲ οὐδὲν ἔξωθέν ἐστι παρὰ τὰ ἀριθμητὰ ὁ ἀριθμός, παραστήσομεν ἐπὶ τῆς μονάδος τὸν λόγον στήσαντες εὐσήμου διδασκαλίας ἕνεκεν. εἰ γὰρ ἔστι τι καθ’ ἑαυτὴν ἡ μονάς, ἧς μετέχον ἕκαστον τῶν μετεχόντων αὐτῆς γίνεται ἔν, ἤτοι μία ἔσται αὐτὴ ἡ μονὰς ἢ τοσαῦται ὅσα τὰ μετέχοντα αὐτῆς ἐστιν. ἀλλ’ εἰ μὲν μία ἐστίν , πότερον ὅλης αὐτῆς μετέχει ἕκαστον τῶν μετέχειν αὐτῆς λεγομένων ἢ μέρους αὐτῆς; εἰ μὲν γὰρ πᾶσαν ἔχει τὴν μονάδα, εἰ τύχοι, ὁ εἰς ἄνθρωπος , οὐκέτι ἔσται μονὰς ἧς μεθέξει ὁ εἶς ἵππος ἢ ὁ εἷς κύων ἤ τῶν ἄλλων ἕκαστον ὃ λέγομεν εἶναι ἕν, ὧσπερ καὶ πολλῶν ὑποτεθέντων γυμνῶν ἀνθρώπων,

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Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes, ed. Hermann Mutschmann. 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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