| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 376 pages). |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
The arguments of the philosophers
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Arguments of the philosophers.
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| Note |
Originally published: 1995. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-363) and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION: SOURCES AND TRANSMISSION; THE NATURE OF SCEPTICISM; PRECURSORS; PYRRHO AND THE SOCRATIC TRADITION; THE SCEPTICISM OF THE MIDDLE ACADEMY; CARNEADES AND THE LATER SCEPTICAL ACADEMY; SECESSION: THE 'FOURTH ACADEMY' AND AENESIDEMUS; THE SCEPTICISM OF THE EARLY EMPIRE; THE TEN MODES OF SCEPTICISM; THE MODES OF AGRIPPA; THE CRITERION, SIGNS, AND PROOF; CAUSES AND EXPLANATION; SCEPTICISM IN THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS; SCEPTICAL PHYSICS AND METAPHYSICS; THE LIBERAL ARTS; SCEPTICAL ETHICS; THE SCEPTICAL ATTITUDE; THE SCEPTIC WAY OF LIFE. |
| Summary |
The first comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of Greek sceptism, from the beginnings of epistemology with Xenophanes, to the final full development Pyrrhonism as presented in the work of Sextus Empiricus. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Skeptics (Greek philosophy)
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Skeptics (Greek philosophy) |
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophy, Ancient. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hankinson, R.J. Sceptics. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998 (DLC) 00267260 |
| ISBN |
0203067770 (electronic book) |
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9780203067772 (electronic book) |
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0585452784 (electronic book) |
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9780585452784 (electronic book) |
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9780203458259 |
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0203458257 |
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9780415203531 |
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0415203538 |
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9780415203920 (set) |
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0415203929 (set) |
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9780415184465 |
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0415184460 |
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