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Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism

By: Sextus Empiricus,Sextus (Empiricus.)

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Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism

By: Sextus Empiricus,Sextus (Empiricus.)

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.

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0521778093

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The Skeptic Way

Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism

By: Sextus (Empiricus.),Empiricus Sextus

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Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism

By: Sextus (Empiricus.),Empiricus Sextus

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.

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Oxford University Press on Demand

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0195092139

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9780195092134

Sextus Empiricus

Against Those in the Disciplines

By: Sextus (Empiricus)

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Against Those in the Disciplines

By: Sextus (Empiricus)

Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines (Pros Mathematikous, also known by the abbreviated title M 1-6) deals with six specialized fields of study: grammar, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astrology, and music. In sceptical fashion, it questions the credentials of those who claim to have expert knowledge in these fields. It is the least well known of Sextus Empiricus' works, mainly because its subject-matter is not directly philosophical; some of its arguments require knowledge of these fields as they existed in the ancient world, which philosophers (Sextus' main readership) tend not to have. But it is a good specimen of Sextus' usual sceptical method of inducing suspension of judgement about the topics under consideration, and it contains much that is of philosophical interest. This volume aims to bring this work to a wider philosophical audience and to make the technicalities of the fields discussed understandable to non-specialists. It contains a translation of the work into clear modern English, accompanied by extensive explanatory notes. For ease of comprehension, the text is broken down into named sections and subsections, and these are also listed separately before the translation (the Outline of Argument). An introduction discusses the place of Against Those in the Disciplines in the totality of Sextus' work, and examines certain features that are distinctive to it. Other aids to the reader are a list of persons referred to in the work, with brief information about each; an English-Greek and Greek-English glossary of key terms; and a list of passages in other works of Sextus that are parallel to passages in this work.

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0198712707

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9780198712701

Against the Ethicists

(Adversus Mathematicos XI)

By: Sextus (Empiricus.)

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Against the Ethicists

(Adversus Mathematicos XI)

By: Sextus (Empiricus.)

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'. This volume contains a translation of Against the Ethicists into clear modern English, together with an introduction and a detailed commentary. Those who have discussed this work in the past have tended to underestimate it, often regarding its main position as essentially the same as that of Sextus' better-known Outlines of Pyrrhonism. Richard Bett shows that Against the Ethicists represents a quite distinct and coherent philosophical outlook, associated with a phase of Scepticism earlier than Sextus himself, an outlook of which little other evidence survives.

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0198236204

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9780198236207

Selections from the Major Writings on Scepticism, Man, & God

By: Sextus (Empiricus.)

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Selections from the Major Writings on Scepticism, Man, & God

By: Sextus (Empiricus.)

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

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Hackett Publishing

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087220006X

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Against the Grammarians (Adversus Mathematicos I)

By: Sextus (Empiricus.)

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Against the Grammarians (Adversus Mathematicos I)

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Blank presents a new translation into clear modern English of a key treatise by one of the greatest of ancient philosophers, together with the first ever commentary on this work. Sextus Empiricus's Against the Grammarians is a polemical attack on ancient Greek ideas about grammar, and provides one of the best examples of sustained Sceptical reasoning.

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Oxford University Press

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0198244703

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Sextus Empiricus: Against the Logicians

By: Sextus (Empiricus.)

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Sextus Empiricus: Against the Logicians

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

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0521824974

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Sextus Empiricus: Against the Logicians

By: Sextus (Empiricus),Sextus (Empiricus.)

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By: Sextus (Empiricus),Sextus (Empiricus.)

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

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0521531950

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9780521531955

How to Keep an Open Mind

An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic

By: Sextus Empiricus

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How to Keep an Open Mind

An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic

By: Sextus Empiricus

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.

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Princeton University Press

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0691215367

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9780691215365

Stoic Six Pack 4: The Sceptics

By: Diogenes Laërtius,Sextus Empiricus,Mary Mills Patrick,Norman MacColl,Edwyn Bevan

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Stoic Six Pack 4: The Sceptics

By: Diogenes Laërtius,Sextus Empiricus,Mary Mills Patrick,Norman MacColl,Edwyn Bevan

A sextet of sceptic texts has been collected in Stoic Six Pack 4 - The Sceptics: Pyrrhonic Sketches by Sextus Empiricus, Life of Pyrrho by Diogenes Laërtius, Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Mary Mills Patrick, The Greek Sceptics: from Pyrrho to Sextus by Norman MacColl Stoics and Sceptics by Edwyn Bevan and Life of Carneades by Diogenes Laërtius.

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1329729544

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Stoic Six Pack 4: The Sceptics

By: Diogenes Laërtius,Sextus Empiricus,Norman MacColl,Mary Mills Patrick,Edwyn Bevan

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By: Diogenes Laërtius,Sextus Empiricus,Norman MacColl,Mary Mills Patrick,Edwyn Bevan

A sextet of sceptic texts has been collected in Stoic Six Pack 4 - The Sceptics: Pyrrhonic Sketches by Sextus Empiricus, Life of Pyrrho by Diogenes Laertius, Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Mary Mills Patrick, The Greek Sceptics: from Pyrrho to Sextus by Norman MacColl, Stoics and Sceptics by Edwyn Bevan and Life of Carneades by Diogenes Laertius. A key concept for the sceptics was ataraxia (""tranquility""), a Greek term used by Pyrrho to describe a lucid state of robust tranquility, characterized by ongoing freedom from distress and worry. By applying ideas of what he called ""practical skepticism"" to Ethics and to life in general, Pyrrho concluded that ataraxia could be achieved. Arriving at a state of ataraxia became the ultimate goal of the early Skeptikoi.

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Book's by Sextus Empiricus

Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism

Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism

The Skeptic Way

The Skeptic Way

Sextus Empiricus

Sextus Empiricus

Against the Ethicists

Against the Ethicists

Selections from the Major Writings on Scepticism, Man, & God

Selections from the Major Writings on Scepticism, Man, & God

Against the Grammarians (Adversus Mathematicos I)

Against the Grammarians (Adversus Mathematicos I)

Sextus Empiricus: Against the Logicians

Sextus Empiricus: Against the Logicians

Sextus Empiricus: Against the Logicians

Sextus Empiricus: Against the Logicians

How to Keep an Open Mind

How to Keep an Open Mind

Stoic Six Pack 4: The Sceptics

Stoic Six Pack 4: The Sceptics

Stoic Six Pack 4: The Sceptics

Stoic Six Pack 4: The Sceptics

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