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Skeptic Way Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism

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ISBN-10: 0195092139

ISBN-13: 9780195092134

Edition: 1996

Authors: Benson Mates

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The writings of Sextus Empiricus, and especially his Pyrrhonism, have played a remarkably influential role in the history of Western philosophy. Their rediscovery and publication in the sixteenth and seventeenth century led directly to the skepticism of Montaigne, Gassendi, Descartes, Bayle, and other major thinkers, and eventually to the preoccupation of modern philosophy with attempts to refute or otherwise combat philosophical skepticism. In recent years, however, it has become apparent that Pyrrhonism--the form of skepticism professed by Sextus--is in several important aspects different from the modern forms to which his writings have given rise. These differences are of particular…    
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List price: $99.99
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/4/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 9.17" wide x 6.06" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Introduction
The Skeptic Way
Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Pyrrhonism
Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Book 1
Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Book 2
Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Book 3
Commentary
About the Translation
Who Was Sextus Empiricus?
Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Book 1
Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Book 2
Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Book 3
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Index