The Original Sceptics: A Controversy / Edition 1

by Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede

Overview

These five essays began a debate about the nature and scope of ancient scepticism which has transformed our understanding of what scepticism originally was. Together they provide a vigorous and highly stimulating introduction to the thought of the original sceptics, and shed new light on its relation to sceptical arguments in modern philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872203471
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

The Original Sceptics contains a wealth of analysis, argument and philological comment, and it undoubtedly succeeds in making the reader aware of the difficulties involved in discovering what the ancient sceptics really held. --F. C. White, Australasian Journal of Philosophy

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