Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) - Softcover

Empiricus, Sextus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521778093 ISBN 13: 9780521778091

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

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.

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"Students and scholars have every reason to be grateful...." James Allen, The Philosophical Review

Book Description:

Outlines of Scepticism is the fullest extant account of ancient scepticism and a work of major importance for the history of Greek philosophy. 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521778093
• ISBN 13: 9780521778091
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288