The Modes of Scepticism: Ancient Texts and Modern Interpretations
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The Modes of Scepticism is one of the most important and influential of all ancient philosophical texts. The texts made an enormous impact on Western thought when they were rediscovered in the 16th century and they have shaped the whole future course of Western philosophy. Despite their importance, the Modes have been little discussed in recent times. This book translates the texts and supplies them with a discursive commentary, concentrating on philosophical issues but also including historical material. The book will be of interest to professional scholars and philosophers but its clear and non-technical style makes it intelligible to beginners and the interested layman.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521276446
ISBN13:9780521276443
Release Date:June 1985
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 8.4"
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a key to lost treasures
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This book is a careful and methodical examination of the ten modes of sceptical denial of dogmatism set forth by Sextus Empiricus, Philo and Diogenes Laertius. These ancient writers prove the fact that human struggle with ignorance is not so recent as commonly believed. It turns out that a tradition of wisdom in the form of judiciously withheld belief has been available to us through the ages.The authors provide a key to our human past which is resplendant with careful contemplation. The work holds new significance in light of the most recent finding in physics and cosmology which place immutable limits upon our further scientific progress. Given the fact that we must live with limits to our knowledge, the historical context of humans who struggled with such limits provide a therapeutic consolation-- we simply fit ourselves into the long struggle.
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