Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism
2nd Edition
Part of Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
- Real Author: Sextus Empiricus
- Editors:
- Julia Annas, University of Arizona
- Jonathan Barnes, Université de Genève
- Date Published: July 2000
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521771399
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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.
Read more- Text of fundamental importance for the history of Greek philosophy
- Very influential in the history of philosophy more generally, after Sextus' rediscovery in the sixteenth century
- This volume combines the successful translation of 1994 with a substantial new introduction by Jonathan Barnes
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: July 2000
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521771399
- length: 288 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 155 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.54kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Book I
Book II
Book III.
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