Ethics and Epistemology in Sextus EmpiricusThis book defends the consistency, plausibility, and interest of the brand of Ancient Skepticism described in the writings of Sextus Empiricus (c. 150 AD), both through detailed exegesis of the original texts, and through sustained engagement with an array of modern critics. |
Contents
Its Possibility Defended | 19 |
Its Epistemological Details Elaborated 33 335 53 | 33 |
Its Ethical Details Elaborated | 75 |
Bibliography | 109 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
according to philosophy Aenesidemus ancient skeptic anomaly in things argue assent ataraxia attacks avoid Bett Brennan Burnyeat 1980a challenge committed conclusion criteria of infallible criterion of katalêpsis deny Diogenes Laertius discussion distinction dogmatic Dogmatical arguments dogmatical schools Dogmatists einai enquiry Epicurean epistemological epokhê ethical Euthyphro exactly existence fact feel Frede Greek infallible cognition investigation Jonathan Barnes justified kind live logical logos matic matters means ments merely Michael Frede Myles Burnyeat nature non-epistemic appearance normal object one's opposed ordinary beliefs passages phainesthai philosophical phônai phônê Phronesis position premisses proto-Skeptic put forward Pyrrho Pyrrhonian Pyrrhonist question reason revisionist interpretation Richard Sorabji search for truth seems sense sense-perception Sextan skeptic Sextus Empiricus Sextus says Skeptic claims Skeptic's end Skeptical ethos Socrates someone sort statement Stoics suspend judgment suspension technical tên tepid theory of everything Timon tion traditional tranquillity trichotomy true undogmatically usage word