Ancient scepticism

著者

• Thorsrud, Harald

書誌事項

Ancient scepticism

Harald Thorsrud

（Ancient philosophies, 5）

University of California Press, c2009

• : cloth

注記

Bibliography: p. 215-237

Includes indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgment in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since its beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provides an engaging, rigorous introduction to the central themes, arguments, and general concerns of ancient Scepticism, from its beginnings with Pyrrho of Elis (ca. 360 B.C. -ca. 270 B.C.) to the writings of Sextus Empiricus in the second century A.D. Thorsrud explores the differences among Sceptics and examines in particular the separation of the Scepticism of Pyrrho from its later form - Academic Scepticism - the result of its ideas being introduced into Plato's Academy in the third century B.C. Steering an even course through the many differences of scholarly opinion surrounding Scepticism, the book also provides a balanced appraisal of the philosophy's enduring significance by showing why it remains so interesting and how ancient interpretations differ from modern ones.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB05143334
• ISBN:
  • 9780520259829
• LCCN: 2008047862
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Berkeley
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 248 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : B613
  • DC22 : 186
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Pyrrhon, of Elis
  • LCSH : Skeptics (Greek philosophy)
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA83263496