Greek Skepticism

Author : Charlotte L. Stough
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520312487

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.

Author : Charlotte L. Stough
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520307889

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Greek Skepticism by Charlotte L. Stough Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.

Author : Harald Thorsrud
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317492832

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Ancient Scepticism by Harald Thorsrud Pdf

Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provides an engaging, rigorous introduction to the arguments, central themes and general concerns of ancient Scepticism, from its beginnings with Pyrrho of Elis (c.360-c.270 BCE) to the writings of Sextus Empiricus in the second century CE. Thorsrud explores the differences among Sceptics and examines in particular the separation of the Scepticism of Pyrrho from its later form - Academic Scepticism - which arose when its ideas were introduced into Plato's "Academy" in the third century BCE. He also unravels the prolonged controversy that developed between Academic Scepticism and Stoicism, the prevailing dogmatism of the day. Steering an even course through the many differences of scholarly opinion surrounding Scepticism, Thorsrud provides a balanced appraisal of its enduring significance by showing why it remains so philosophically interesting and how ancient interpretations differ from modern ones.

Author : Mary Mills Patrick
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547252153

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Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Mary Mills Patrick Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism" by Mary Mills Patrick. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Katja Maria Vogt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199916818

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Belief and Truth by Katja Maria Vogt Pdf

Belief and Truth: A Skeptic Reading of Plato explores a Socratic intuition about belief, doxa — belief is "shameful." In aiming for knowledge, one must aim to get rid of beliefs. Vogt shows how deeply this proposal differs from contemporary views, but that it nevertheless speaks to intuitions we are likely to share with Plato, ancient skeptics, and Stoic epistemologists.

Author : R. J. Hankinson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Escépticos (Filosofía griega)
ISBN : 0415184460

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The Sceptics by R. J. Hankinson Pdf

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.

Author : Sextus Empiricus,Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000-07-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521778093

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Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism by Sextus Empiricus,Sextus (Empiricus.) Pdf

Outlines of Scepticism is a work of major importance for the history of Greek philosophy.

Author : Sextus Empiricus
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691215365

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How to Keep an Open Mind by Sextus Empiricus Pdf

How ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility by learning to suspend judgment Along with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy that claim to offer a way of living as well as thinking. How to Keep an Open Mind provides an unmatched introduction to skepticism by presenting a fresh, modern translation of key passages from the writings of Sextus Empiricus, the only Greek skeptic whose works have survived. While content in daily life to go along with things as they appear to be, Sextus advocated—and provided a set of techniques to achieve—a radical suspension of judgment about the way things really are, believing that such nonjudging can be useful for challenging the unfounded dogmatism of others and may help one achieve a state of calm and tranquility. In an introduction, Richard Bett makes the case that the most important lesson we can draw from Sextus’s brand of skepticism today may be an ability to see what can be said on the other side of any issue, leading to a greater open-mindedness. Complete with the original Greek on facing pages, How to Keep an Open Mind offers a compelling antidote to the closed-minded dogmatism of today’s polarized world.

Author : Richard Bett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139828215

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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism by Richard Bett Pdf

This volume offers a comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools, and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world. The contributors examine the major developments chronologically and historically, ranging from the early antecedents of scepticism to the Pyrrhonist tradition. They address the central philosophical and interpretive problems surrounding the sceptics' ideas on subjects including belief, action, and ethics. Finally, they explore the effects which these forms of scepticism had beyond the ancient period, and the ways in which ancient scepticism differs from scepticism as it has been understood since Descartes. The volume will serve as an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the subject for non-specialists, while also offering considerable depth and detail for more advanced readers.

Author : Katja Maria Vogt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161564308

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Pyrrhonian Skepticism in Diogenes Laertius by Katja Maria Vogt Pdf

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.

Author : Norman Maccoll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Philosophy, Ancient
ISBN : UOM:39015063611118

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The Greek Sceptics from Pyrrho to Sextus by Norman Maccoll Pdf

Author : Katja Maria Vogt
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3161533364

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Pyrrhonian Skepticism in Diogenes Laertius by Katja Maria Vogt Pdf

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.

Author : M. Andrew Holowchak
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781847142054

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Happiness and Greek Ethical Thought by M. Andrew Holowchak Pdf

This book presents a fresh exploration of happiness through the ideas of the ancient Greek philosophers. It introduces readers to the main currents of Greek ethical thought (Socratic living, Platonism, Aristotelianism, Epicureanism, Scepticism, Stoicism, Cynicism) and takes a close look at characters such as Socrates, Diogenes and Alexander the Great. Yet Happiness and Greek Ethical Thought is much more than just a casual stroll through ancient thinking. It attempts to show how certain common themes in Greek thought are essential for living a happy life in any age. The author maintains that, in many respects, the Greek integrative ideal, contrary to the hedonistic individualism that many pluralistic societies at least implicitly advocate, is a much richer alternative that warrants honest reconsideration today.

Author : John Owen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Skepticism
ISBN : MINN:31951002051434T

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Christian skepticism by John Owen Pdf

Author : Harald Thorsrud
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317492825

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Ancient Scepticism by Harald Thorsrud Pdf

Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provides an engaging, rigorous introduction to the arguments, central themes and general concerns of ancient Scepticism, from its beginnings with Pyrrho of Elis (c.360-c.270 BCE) to the writings of Sextus Empiricus in the second century CE. Thorsrud explores the differences among Sceptics and examines in particular the separation of the Scepticism of Pyrrho from its later form - Academic Scepticism - which arose when its ideas were introduced into Plato's "Academy" in the third century BCE. He also unravels the prolonged controversy that developed between Academic Scepticism and Stoicism, the prevailing dogmatism of the day. Steering an even course through the many differences of scholarly opinion surrounding Scepticism, Thorsrud provides a balanced appraisal of its enduring significance by showing why it remains so philosophically interesting and how ancient interpretations differ from modern ones.