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Sextus Empiricus and Pyrrhonean Scepticism

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Alan Bailey offers a clear and vigorous exposition and defence of the philosophy of Sextus Empiricus, one of the most influential of ancient thinkers, the father of philosophical scepticism. The subsequent sceptical tradition in philosophy has not done justice to Sextus: his views stand up today as remarkably insightful, offering a fruitful way to approach issues of knowledge, understanding, belief, and rationality. Bailey's refreshing presentation of Sextus to a modern philosophical readership rescues scepticism from the ...

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Sextus Empiricus and Pyrrhonean Scepticism 2002, Clarendon Press, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780198238522

Hardcover