Sextus Empiricus Against the Grammarians (Adversus Mathematicos I)

Name: Sextus Empiricus Against the Grammarians (Adversus Mathematicos I)
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ISBN: 9780198244707

ISBN-10: 0198244703

ISBN-13: 9780198244707

Edition: 1998

Authors: Sextus Sextus Empiricus, D. L. Blank, Sextus Empiricus Staff, D. L. Blank

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Sextus Empiricus is one of the most important ancient philosophical writers after Plato and Aristotle. His writings are our main source for the doctrines and methods of Scepticism. He probably lived in the second century AD. Eleven books of his writings have survived, covering logic, physics, ethics, and many other fields. Against the Grammarians is the first book of Sextus' Adversus Mathematicos, his broad-ranging polemic against the various liberal studies of classical learning. It is prefaced by a short general attack on the arts (included in this volume); then Sextus focuses on the grammatical writers of the classical era, categorizing, analysing, and criticizing their doctrines. The…

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List price: $225.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/4/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Size: 5.71" wide x 8.86" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English



Introduction



General



Sextus' Life and Works



Attacking the Technai



Evidence for Empiricist Attacks on Grammar



Against the Professors of the Libreal Studies



Against the Grammarians



Negative Dogmatism in M 1-6?



About the Translation


Translation


Against the Professors of the Liberal Studies


Against the Grammarians


Commentary


Glossary of Ancient and Medieval Authors


Works Cited


Index Locorum


Subject Index