Sextus Empiricus - Against the Physicists

Informationen zum Autor Richard Bett is Professor of Philosophy and Classics at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Pyrrho, his Antecedents and his Legacy (2000) and of translations of Sextus Empiricus' Against the Ethicists, with commentary (1997) and Against the Logicians, with notes (Cambridge, 2005). He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism (Cambridge, 2010). Klappentext An accurate and readable translation of an important work of ancient scepticism, with several interpretative aids for scholars and students. Zusammenfassung An accurate and readable new translation of an important work of ancient scepticism. Providing crucial background information and elucidation of difficult passages and supplemented by extensive interpretive aids! this is an indispensable edition for the advanced student and scholar of Sextus' work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations; Introduction; Note on the text and translation; Outline of argument; Book 1; Book 2; Glossary; List of names; Parallels between Against the Physicists and other works of Sextus; Bibliography.

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• Authors: Richard Bett, Richard (The Johns Hopkins University) Bett, Richard Arnot Home Bett, Bett Richard, Sextus, Empiricus Sextus
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.2012
• EAN: 9780521513913
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51391-3
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500