The original sceptics
Subtitle: a controversy
By: edited by Myles Burnyeat and Michael Frede.
Contributors: Burnyeat, Myles.; Frede, Michael.
Publisher: Hackett Pub. Co.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Sextus, Empiricus.; Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Skepticism.; Knowledge, Theory of.; Philosophy, Ancient.
Description: These five essays began a debate about the nature and scope of ancient scepticism which has transformed our understanding of what scepticism originally was. Together they provide a vigorous and highly stimulating introduction to the thought of the original sceptics and shed new light on its relation to sceptical arguments in modern philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-155).