# De utilitate mathematicae 123

Theon Smyrnaeus, De utilitate mathematicae, Paragraph 123. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theon-smyrnaeus/de-utilitate-mathematicae/123

ἡ μέντοι δεκὰς πάντα περαίνει τὸν ἀριθμόν, ἐμ- περιέχουσα πᾶσαν φύσιν ἐντὸς αὑτῆς, ἀρτίου τε καὶ περιττοῦ κινουμένου τε καὶ ἀκινήτου ἀγαθοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ· περὶ ἧς καὶ Ἀρχύτας ἐν τῷ περὶ τῆς δεκάδος καὶ Φιλόλαος ἐν τῷ περὶ φύσιος πολλὰ διεξίασιν.

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Theon Smyrnaeus, De utilitate mathematicae, ed. Eduardus Hiller. 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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