Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism - Couverture souple

Empiricus, Sextus

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521778093 ISBN 13 : 9780521778091

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

xxxv 248p paperback, from a Cambridge College library, label to spine, bookplate and stamp, clean pages, firm binding,

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Revue de presse :

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

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521778093
• ISBN 13: 9780521778091
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 288