# Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes 3.264

Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes, Book 3, κθ′ εἰ ἔστιν ὁ δ’ διδάσκων καὶ ὁ μανθάνων.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/pyrrhoniae-hypotyposes/3.264

ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ ὁ μανθάνειν λεγόμενος, ἄτεχνος ὤν, δύναται τὰ τῆς τέχνης θεωρήματα, ἧς ἐστιν ἄτεχνος, μανθάνειν τε καὶ καταλαμβάνειν. ὡς γὰρ ὁ ἐκ γενετῆς πηρός, εἰς ὅσον ἐστὶ πηρός, οὐκ ἂν λάβοι χρωμάτων ἀντίληψιν, οὐδὲ ὁ ἐκ γενετῆς κωφὸς ὁμοίως φωνῆς, οὕτως οὐδὲ ὁ ἄτεχνος καταλάβοι ἂν τὰ τῆς τέχνης θ’ θεωρήματα ἧς ἐστιν ἄτεχνος. καὶ γὰρ ἂν οὕτως ὁ αὐτὸς εἴη τεχνίτης τε καὶ ἄτεχνος τῶν αὐτῶν, ἄτεχνος μὲν ἐπεὶ οὕτως ὑπόκειται, τεχνίτης δὲ ἐπεὶ κατάληψιν ἔχει τῶν τῆς τέχνης θεωρημάτων.

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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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