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Title Pyrrhonian skepticism in Diogenes Laertius / introduction, text, translation, commentary and interpretative essays by Katja Maria Vogt, Richard Bett, Lorenzo Corti, Tiziano Dorandi, Christiana M.M. Olfert, Elisabeth Scharffenberger, David Sedley, and James Warren ; edited by Katja Maria Vogt.

Publication Info. Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 202 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Sapere : scripta antiquitatis paosterioris ad ethicam religionemque pertinentia = Schriften der späteren Antike zu ethischen und religiösen Fragen ; Band XXV
Sapere (Darmstadt, Germany) ; Bd. 25.
Note Original text in Greek, introduction, text, translation, commentary and essays in English.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction : skepticism and metaphysics in Diogenes Laertius / Katja Maria Vogt -- Pyrrhonism in Diogenes Laertius / Richard Bett -- Precursors of pyrrhonism : Doig. Laert 9.67-73 / James Warren -- Mind and language of the Laërtian pyrrhonist : Diog. Laert 9.74-77 / Lorenzo Corti -- Skeptical investigation and its perks : Diog Laert. 9.69-70 and 79-89 / Christiana M.M. Olfert -- Diogenes Laertius on the ten pyrrhonist modes / David Sedley.
Summary This volume offers the first bilingual edition of a major text in the history of epistemology, Diogenes Laertius's report on Pyrrho and Timon in his Lives of Eminent Philosophers. Leading experts contribute a philosophical introduction, translation, commentary, and scholarly essays on the nature of Diogenes's report as well as core questions in recent research on skepticism.
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Language Title page, introduction and critical essays in English; text in Greek, with translation into English on opposite pages. Text by Tiziano Dorandi; translation by Elizabeth Scahffenberger and Katja Maria Vogt.
Subject Diogenes Laertius. Pyrrho.
Diogenes Laertius. Timon.
Skepticism.
Skepticism.
Skeptics (Greek philosophy)
Skeptics (Greek philosophy)
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Dorandi, Tiziano, editor.
Vogt, Katja Maria, 1968- editor, translator, author.
Scharffenberger, Elizabeth Watson, translator.
Bett, Richard, 1957- author.
Corti, Lorenzo, author.
Olfert, Christiana M. M., author.
Sedley, D. N., author.
Container of (expression): Diogenes Laertius. Pyrrho. Greek (Dorandi)
Container of (expression): Diogenes Laertius. Pyrrho. English (Scharffenberger and Vogt)
Container of (expression): Diogenes Laertius. Timon. Greek (Dorandi)
Container of (expression): Diogenes Laertius. Timon. English (Scharffenberger and Vogt)
Other Form: Print version: Pyrrhonian skepticism in Diogenes Laertius. Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, 2015 9783161533365 (DLC) 2015398472 (OCoLC)908021262
ISBN 9783161564307 (electronic book)
3161564308 (electronic book)
3161533364
9783161533365
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