| Description |
1 online resource (x, 261 pages) |
| Series |
Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; Bd. 98 |
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Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; Bd. 98
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| Contents |
Chapter 1 -- The Lives of Timon and Pyrrho Chapter 2 -- Timon and Pyrrho: The Pytho and the Indalmoi Chapter 3 -- Timon's Silloi: Organization and Principle Fragments Chapter 4 -- The Silloi in its Literary Context Chapter 5 -- Timon's Reception in Hellenistic Literature Chapter 6 -- Skepticism in Hellenistic Literature Conclusion -- An Aesthetics of Skepticism |
| Summary |
Early Skepticism and its founder, Pyrrho of Elis, were introduced to the world by the poet and philosopher Timon of Phlius. This is the first book-length study of Timons work in English, and includes a new reconstruction of his most influential poem Silloi . All of the extant fragments are translated and discussed as literature rather than as source material for the history of philosophy. The book concludes with a definition of "skeptical aesthetics" that demonstrates the importance of Timon and early Skepticism to the most influential Hellenistic poets: Callimachus, Theocritus and |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Timon, of Phlius, approximately 320 B.C.-approximately 230 B.C.
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Pyrrhon, of Elis.
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| SUBJECT |
Pyrrhon, of Elis fast |
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Timon, of Phlius, approximately 320 B.C.-approximately 230 B.C. fast |
| Subject |
Skeptics (Greek philosophy)
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.
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Skeptics (Greek philosophy)
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Pyrrhonismus
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Timon, of Phlius, approximately 320 B.C.-approximately 230 B.C.
Silloi. English & Greek
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| LC no. |
2009027989 |
| ISBN |
3110220806 |
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9783110220803 |
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3110220814 |
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9783110220810 |
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1282456768 |
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9781282456761 |
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9786612456763 |
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6612456760 |
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