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Ancient wisdom for modern readers.
How to keep an open mind: an ancient guide to thinking like a skeptic / Sextus Empiricus ; selected, translated and introduced by Richard Bett. — 1 online resource (xli, 225 pages). — (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers). — "This volume presents a selection of the work of Sextus Empiricus in translation, with the original Greek text on facing pages. Almost all the selections are from Sextus' Outlines of Pyrrhonism ... Except for the few mall excerpts I have included from other works of Sextus, chapters 1 and 2, and most of chapter 3, are from book I of Outlines; the end of chapter 3 and all of chapter 4 are from book II; and chapters 5 and 6 are from book III."--pages xliii-xlv. — Translated from the Greek. — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/2600525.pdf>.

Record create date: 2/13/2021

Subject: Skeptics (Greek philosophy); Skepticism — Early works to 1800.; Sceptiques (Philosophie grecque)

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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Note on the Translation
  • HOW TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND
    • Chapter 1. Skepticism: The Big Picture
    • Chapter 2. Arguments to Have Up Your Sleeve: The Modes
    • Chapter 3. Talking and Thinking Like a Skeptic (and Not Like Anyone Else)
    • Chapter 4. Going After the Other Philosophers: Logic
    • Chapter 5. Going After the Other Philosophers: Physics
    • Chapter 6. Going After the Other Philosophers: Ethics
  • Glossary
  • Persons Referred To
  • Notes
  • Further Reading

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