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Outlines of Pyrrhonism

Sextus Empiricus ; with an English translation by R.G. Bury

(The Loeb classical library, . Sextus Empiricus : in four volumes ; 1)

W. Heinemann , Harvard University Press, 1939

Rev. and repr. [ed.]

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Πυρρωνειων υπоτυπωσεων

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Greek text and parallel English translation on opposite pages

First published 1933

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Sextus Empiricus (ca. 160-210 CE), exponent of scepticism and critic of the Dogmatists, was a Greek physician and philosopher, pupil and successor of the medical sceptic Herodotus (not the historian) of Tarsus. He probably lived for years in Rome and possibly also in Alexandria and Athens. His three surviving works are 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism' (three books on the practical and ethical scepticism of Pyrrho of Elis, ca. 360-275 BCE, as developed later, presenting also a case against the Dogmatists); 'Against the Dogmatists' (five books dealing with the Logicians, the Physicists, and the Ethicists); and 'Against the Professors' (six books: Grammarians, Rhetors, Geometers, Arithmeticians, Astrologers, and Musicians). These two latter works might be called a general criticism of professors of all arts and sciences. Sextus's work is a valuable source for the history of thought especially because of his development and formulation of former sceptic doctrines. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Sextus Empiricus is in four volumes.

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  • NCID
    BA55074360
  • ISBN
    • 0674993012
    • 0434992739
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    enggrc
  • Original Language Code
    grc
  • Place of Publication
    London,Cambridge, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xlv, 513, 10 p.
  • Size
    17 cm
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