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Outlines of scepticism

Sextus Empiricus ; edited by Julia Annas, Jonathan Barnes

(Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy)

Cambridge University Press, 2000

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  • : pbk

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Pyrrōneioi hypotypōseis

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Note

Originally published in 1994

Bibliography: p. 217-223

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Outlines of Scepticism, by the Greek philosopher Sextus Empiricus, is a work of major importance for the history of Greek philosophy. It is the fullest extant account of ancient scepticism, and it is also one of our most copious sources of information about the other Hellenistic philosophies. Its first part contains an elaborate exposition of the Pyrrhonian variety of scepticism; its second and third parts are critical and destructive, arguing against 'dogmatism' in logic, epistemology, science and ethics - an approach that revolutionized the study of philosophy when Sextus' works were rediscovered and published in the sixteenth century. This volume presents the accurate and readable translation which was first published in 1994, together with a substantial new historical and philosophical introduction by Jonathan Barnes.

Table of Contents

  • Book I
  • Book II
  • Book III.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA48544646
  • ISBN
    • 0521771390
    • 0521778093
  • LCCN
    99015976
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    grc
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, U.K. ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxv, 248 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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