Sextus Empiricus Outlines Of Pyrrhonism

Author : Sextus Empiricus,Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
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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 : Unknown
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 52,7 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 : Sextus (Empiricus.),Empiricus Sextus
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0195092139

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The Skeptic Way by Sextus (Empiricus.),Empiricus Sextus Pdf

The Outlines of Pyrrhonism by the 2nd century A.D. Greek physician Sextus Empiricus was immensely influential in the history of Western philosophy. The rediscovery and publication of this work in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries led directly to the skepticism of Montaigne, Gassendi, Bayle, Descartes, Berkeley, Hume, and others, and eventually to the preoccupation of modern philosophy with attempts to refute or otherwise combat philosophical skepticism. In recent years, however, it has become apparent that Pyrrhonism--the form of skepticism professed by Sextus--is in several important respects quite different from the modern forms of skepticism to which the writings of Sextus have given rise. Some of these differences are of particular philosophic interest because they seem to render the ancient form immune to many of the standard responses to skepticism that are made today. In this book, which incorporates a new translation of the Outlines in their entirety, Benson Mates presents Pyrrhonism not as a mere historical curiosity, as has often been done, but as a philosophical position eminently worthy of serious philosophical consideration here and now. His thorough introduction sets the stage by explaining what Pyrrhonism is and what it is not, and by contrasting it in the relevant respects with modern skepticism. He gives particular attention to explicating a number of quasi-technical terms that occur frequently in the Outlines and have decisive bearing on the philosophical content. By rendering these terms more accurately and uniformly in his translation, he seeks to make the essential feautres of Sextus's Pyrrhonism more evident to the reader. The latter part of the book consists of a detailed Commentary, which endeavors to discuss and explain the work, section by section, from a philosophical (as contrasted with a philological) point of view.

Author : Stefan Sienkiewicz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 200 pages
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Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192519276

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Five Modes of Scepticism by Stefan Sienkiewicz Pdf

Five Modes of Scepticism examines the argument forms that lie at the heart of Pyrrhonian scepticism as expressed in the writings of Sextus Empiricus. These are the Agrippan modes of disagreement, hypothesis, infinite regression, reciprocity and relativity; modes which are supposed to bring about that quintessentially sceptical mental state of suspended judgement. Stefan Sienkiewicz analyses how the modes are supposed to do this, both individually and collectively, and from two perspectives. On the one hand there is the perspective of the sceptic's dogmatic opponent and on the other there is the perspective of the sceptic himself. Epistemically speaking, the dogmatist and the sceptic are two different creatures with two different viewpoints. The book elucidates the corresponding differences in the argumentative structure of the modes depending on which of these perspectives is adopted. Previous treatments of the modes have interpreted them from a dogmatic perspective; one of the tasks of the present work is to reorient the way in which scholars have traditionally engaged with the modes. Sienkiewicz advocates moving away from the perspective of the sceptic's opponent - the dogmatist - towards the perspective of the sceptic and trying to make sense of how the sceptic can come to suspend judgement on the basis of the Agrippan modes.

Author : Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015011362723

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

Author : Sextus (Empiricus),Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,7 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,Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,8 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 : Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,6 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 : Princeton University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691206042

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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 : Casey Perin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199557905

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The Demands of Reason by Casey Perin Pdf

Casey Perin presents a new interpretation of key ideas and arguments in Sextus Empiricus' Outlines of Pyrrhonism, a founding text of the Sceptical tradition in philosophy. Perin examines Sextus' commitment to the search for truth and to certain principles of rationality, the scope of his scepticism, and its consequences for action and agency.

Author : Richard Bett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 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 : Hackett Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 087220006X

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Selections from the Major Writings on Scepticism, Man, & God by Sextus (Empiricus.) Pdf

"Judicious in every respect: selection, translation and structuring of the texts, footnotes, bibliography, and index. . . . The book of choice for undergraduate courses." --Edward M. Galligan, University of North Carolina

Author : Jessica Berry,Jessica N. Berry
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195368420

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Nietzsche and the Ancient Skeptical Tradition by Jessica Berry,Jessica N. Berry Pdf

This work presents a portrait of Nietzsche as the skeptic par excellence in the modern period, by demonstrating how a careful and informed understanding of ancient Pyrrhonism illuminates his reflections on truth, knowledge and morality, as well as the very nature and value of philosophic inquiry.

Author : Luciano Floridi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002-04-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0199770883

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Sextus Empiricus by Luciano Floridi Pdf

The subject is Sextus Empiricus, one the chief sources of information on ancient philosophy and one of the most influential authors in the history of skepticism. Sextus' works have had an extraordinary influence on western philosophy, and this book provides the first exhaustive and detailed study of their recovery, transmission, and intellectual influence through Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. This study deals with Sextus' biography, as well as the history of the availability and reception of his works. It also contains an extensive bibliographical section, including editions, translations, and commentaries.

Author : Henrik Lagerlund
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
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Release : 2020-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351369954

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Skepticism in Philosophy by Henrik Lagerlund Pdf

In this book, Henrik Lagerlund offers students, researchers, and advanced general readers the first complete history of what is perhaps the most famous of all philosophical problems: skepticism. As the first of its kind, the book traces the influence of philosophical skepticism from its roots in the Hellenistic schools of Pyrrhonism and the Middle Academy up to its impact inside and outside of philosophy today. Along the way, the book covers skepticism during the Latin, Arabic, and Greek Middle Ages and during the Renaissance before moving on to cover Descartes’ methodological skepticism and Pierre Bayle’s super-skepticism in the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth century, it deals with Humean skepticism and the anti-skepticism of Reid, Shepherd, and Kant, taking care to also include reflections on the connections between idealism and skepticism (including skepticism in German idealism after Kant). The book covers similar themes in a chapter on G.E. Moore and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and then ends its historical overview with a chapter on skepticism in contemporary philosophy. In the final chapter, Lagerlund captures some of skepticism’s impact outside of philosophy, highlighting its relation to issues like the replication crisis in science and knowledge resistance.