Sextus Empiricus Against The Professors

Author : Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Ethics
ISBN : UCSC:32106005387508

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Προς Μαθηματικους by Sextus (Empiricus.) Pdf

Sextus Empiricus (ca. 160-210 CE), exponent of scepticism and critic of the Dogmatists, was a Greek physician and philosopher, pupil and successor of the medical sceptic Herodotus (not the historian) of Tarsus. He probably lived for years in Rome and possibly also in Alexandria and Athens. His three surviving works are 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism' (three books on the practical and ethical scepticism of Pyrrho of Elis, ca. 360-275 BCE, as developed later, presenting also a case against the Dogmatists); 'Against the Dogmatists' (five books dealing with the Logicians, the Physicists, and the Ethicists); and 'Against the Professors' (six books: Grammarians, Rhetors, Geometers, Arithmeticians, Astrologers, and Musicians). These two latter works might be called a general criticism of professors of all arts and sciences. Sextus's work is a valuable source for the history of thought especially because of his development and formulation of former sceptic doctrines. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Sextus Empiricus is in four volumes.

Author : Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Philosophy, Ancient
ISBN : UOM:39015011362756

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Sextus Empiricus in four volumes by Sextus (Empiricus.) Pdf

Author : Sextus (Empiricus),Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521531950

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Sextus Empiricus: Against the Logicians by Sextus (Empiricus),Sextus (Empiricus.) Pdf

A new and accurate translation of an important work of ancient Greek scepticism.

Author : Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015011362749

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Sextus Empiricus: Against the physicists. Against the ethicists by Sextus (Empiricus.) Pdf

Author : Richard Bett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139560207

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Sextus Empiricus by Richard Bett Pdf

Sextus Empiricus' Against the Physicists examines numerous topics central to ancient Greek inquiries into the nature of the physical world, covering subjects such as god, cause and effect, whole and part, bodies, place, motion, time, number, coming into being and perishing and is the most extensive surviving treatment of these topics by an ancient Greek sceptic. Sextus scrutinizes the theories of non-sceptical thinkers and generates suspension of judgement through the assembly of equally powerful opposing arguments. Richard Bett's edition provides crucial background information about the text and elucidation of difficult passages. His accurate and readable translation is supported by substantial interpretative aids, including a glossary and a list of parallel passages relating Against the Physicists to other works by Sextus. This is an indispensable edition for advanced students and scholars studying this important work by an influential philosopher.

Author : Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015011362723

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Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Pyrrhonism by Sextus (Empiricus.) Pdf

Author : Sextus Empiricus
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781493083015

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Outlines of Pyrrhonism by Sextus Empiricus Pdf

Throughout history philosophers have sought to define, understand, and delineate concepts important to human well-being. One such concept is "knowledge." Many philosophers believed that absolute, certain knowledge, is possible—that the physical world and ideas formulated about it could be given solid foundation unaffected by the varieties of mere opinion.Sextus Empiricus stands as an example of the "skeptic" school of thought whose members believed that knowledge was either unattainable or, if a genuine possibility, the conditions necessary to achieve it were next to impossible to satisfy. In other words, in the absence of complete knowledge, one must make do with the information provided by an imperfect world and conveyed to the mind through sense impressions that can often deceive us. Throughout his life Sextus Empiricus entered into intellectual combat with those who confidently claimed to possess indubitable knowledge. For skeptics, the best one can hope to achieve is a reasonable suspension of judgment—remaining ever mindful that claims to knowledge require careful scrutiny, thoughtful analysis, and critical review if we are to prevent ourselves and others from plunging headlong into mistaken notions.

Author : Sextus Empiricus,Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,9 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, 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.

Author : Sextus Empiricus,Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198250975

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Against the Ethicists by Sextus Empiricus,Sextus (Empiricus.) Pdf

In this unjustly neglected and misunderstood work Sextus sets out a distinctive Sceptic position in ethics. He discusses the concepts good and bad, and puts forward the sceptical argument that nothing is either good or bad by nature or intrinsically or invariably, but only relatively to persons and/or to circumstances. He then argues that the sceptic is better off than the non-sceptic. In the latter part of the book, Sextus attacks the Stoic view that there is such a thing as a 'skill for life'.

Author : René Brouwer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107024212

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The Stoic Sage by René Brouwer Pdf

The first ever book-length study of the influential Stoic concept of wisdom.

Author : Harald Thorsrud
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,8 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 : Sextus (Empiricus.),Professor of Philosophy Richard Bett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139549049

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Sextus Empiricus by Sextus (Empiricus.),Professor of Philosophy Richard Bett Pdf

"Sextus Empiricus' Against the Physicists examines numerous topics central to ancient Greek inquiries into the nature of the physical world, covering subjects such as god, cause and effect, whole and part, body, place, motion, time, number, coming into being and perishing and is the most extensive surviving treatment of these topics by an ancient Greek sceptic. Sextus scrutinizes the theories of non-sceptical thinkers and generates suspension of judgement through the assembly of equally powerful opposing arguments. Richard Bett's edition provides crucial background information about the text and elucidation of difficult passages. His accurate and readable translation is supported by substantial interpretative aids, including a glossary and a list of parallel passages relating Against the Physicists to other works of Sextus. This is an indispensable edition for advanced students and scholars studying this important work by an influential philosopher"--

Author : Ugo Zilioli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317545965

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The Cyrenaics by Ugo Zilioli Pdf

The Cyrenaic school of philosophy (named after its founder Aristippus' native city of Cyrene in North Africa) flourished in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE and whose importance was much recognized in ancient times. Ugo Zilioli's book provides the first book-length introduction to the school in English. This book begins by introducing the main figures of the Cyrenaic school beginning with Aristippus and by setting them into their historical context. Once the reader is familiar with those figures and with the genealogy of the school, the book offers an overview of ancient and modern interpretations of the Cyrenaics, to provide readers with alternative accounts of the doctrines they endorsed and of the role they played in the context of ancient thought. Finally, this book offers a reconstruction of Cyrenaic philosophy and shows how the ethical side of their speculation connected with the epistemology and ontology they endorsed and that, as a result, the Cyrenaics were able to offer a quite sophisticated philosophy. Indeed, Zilioli demonstrates that they represented, in ancient philosophy, an important and original metaphysical position and alternative to the kind of realism endorsed by Plato and Aristotle.

Author : Sextus (Empiricus.),Sextus Empiricus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0879755970

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Outlines of Pyrrhonism by Sextus (Empiricus.),Sextus Empiricus Pdf

Throughout history philosophers have sought to define, understand, and delineate concepts important to human well-being. One such concept is "knowledge." Many philosophers believed that absolute, certain knowledge, is possible--that the physical world and ideas formulated about it could be given solid foundation unaffected by the varieties of mere opinion. Sextus Empiricus stands as an example of the "skeptic" school of thought whose members believed that knowledge was either unattainable or, if a genuine possibility, the conditions necessary to achieve it were next to impossible to satisfy. In other words, in the absence of complete knowledge, one must make do with the information provided by an imperfect world and conveyed to the mind through sense impressions that can often deceive us. Throughout his life Sextus Empiricus entered into intellectual combat with those who confidently claimed to possess indubitable knowledge. For skeptics, the best one can hope to achieve is a reasonable suspension of judgment--remaining ever mindful that claims to knowledge require careful scrutiny, thoughtful analysis, and critical review if we are to prevent ourselves and others from plunging headlong into mistaken notions.

Author : James Warren
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139828161

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The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism by James Warren Pdf

This Companion presents both an introduction to the history of the ancient philosophical school of Epicureanism and also a critical account of the major areas of its philosophical interest. Chapters span the school's history from the early Hellenistic Garden to the Roman Empire and its later reception in the Early Modern period, introducing the reader to the Epicureans' contributions in physics, metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, ethics and politics. The international team of contributors includes scholars who have produced innovative and original research in various areas of Epicurean thought and they have produced essays which are accessible and of interest to philosophers, classicists, and anyone concerned with the diversity and preoccupations of Epicurean philosophy and the state of academic research in this field. The volume emphasises the interrelation of the different areas of the Epicureans' philosophical interests while also drawing attention to points of interpretative difficulty and controversy.