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1 online resource (xvi, 263 pages) |
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part I How the Pyrrhonists Present Themselves; Chapter 1 The Pyrrhonist's Dilemma: What to Write If You Have Nothing to Say; I; II; III; IV; Chapter 2 Why Care Whether Skepticism Is Different from Other Philosophies?; I; II; III; IV; Chapter 3 Humor as Philosophical Subversion, Especially in the Skeptics; I Introduction; II Timon of Phlius; III The Skeptical Academy; IV Sextus Empiricus; V Non-Skeptical Philosophies; VI Conclusion; Part II Pyrrhonists at Work: Specific Topics |
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Chapter 4 The Sign in the Pyrrhonian TraditionI; II; III; IV; V; VI; Chapter 5 Aenesidemus the Anti-Physicist; Chapter 6 The Modes in Sextus: Theory and Practice; I; II; III; Part III Life as a Pyrrhonist; Chapter 7 What Kind of Self Can a Greek Skeptic Have?; Chapter 8 How Ethical Can an Ancient Skeptic Be?; Chapter 9 Living as a Skeptic; Part IV Intersections of Pyrrhonism with Contemporary Thought; Chapter 10 Can an Ancient Greek Skeptic Be Eudaimôn (or Happy)? And What Difference Does the Answer Make to Us?; I; II; III; Chapter 11 On Pyrrhonism, Stances, and Believing What You Want; I; II |
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Chapter 12 Can We Be Ancient Skeptics?I Outline of the Project; II How to Understand ''Equal Strength''; III Suspension of Judgment Then and Now; IV Skeptical Tranquility, and What Is Left If We Abandon It; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index |
| Summary |
What was it like to be a practitioner of Pyrrhonist skepticism? This important volume brings together for the first time a selection of Richard Bett's essays on ancient Pyrrhonism, allowing readers a better understanding of the key aspects of this school of thought. The volume examines Pyrrhonism's manner of self-presentation, including its methods of writing, its desire to show how special it is, and its use of humor; it considers Pyrrhonism's argumentative procedures regarding specific topics, such as signs, space, or the Modes; and it explores what it meant in practice to live as a Pyrrhonist, including the kind of ethical outlook which Pyrrhonism might allow and, in general, the character of a skeptical life - and how far these might strike us as feasible or desirable. It also shows how Pyrrhonism often raises questions that matter to us today, both in our everyday lives and in our philosophical reflection |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pyrrhon, of Elis.
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| SUBJECT |
Pyrrhon, of Elis fast |
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Skepticism.
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Philosophy, Ancient
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Skepticism
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108658157 |
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1108658156 |
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9781108557603 |
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1108557600 |
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