Pyrrhonian skepticism in Diogenes Laertius

Pyrrhonian skepticism in Diogenes Laertius /

This volume offers the first bilingual edition of a major text in the history of epistemology, Diogenes Laertius's report on Pyrrho and Timon in his Lives of Eminent Philosophers. Leading experts contribute a philosophical introduction, translation, commentary, and scholarly essays on the natur...

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Other authors / contributors: Bett, Richard Arnot Home (Author), Corti, Lorenzo (Author), Olfert, Christiana M. M. (Author), Sedley, D. N. (Author), Vogt, Katja Maria, 1968- (Author, Editor, Translator)
Other authors / contributors: Diogenes Laertius, Dorandi, Tiziano (Editor), Scharffenberger, Elizabeth Watson (Translator)
Imprint: Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, 2015.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Subjects:
Diogenes Laertius. > Pyrrho.
Diogenes Laertius. > Timon.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Skepticism.
Skeptics (Greek philosophy)
Series:Sapere (Darmstadt, Germany) ; Bd. 25.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : skepticism and metaphysics in Diogenes Laertius / Katja Maria Vogt
  • Pyrrhonism in Diogenes Laertius / Richard Bett
  • Precursors of pyrrhonism : Doig. Laert 9.67-73 / James Warren
  • Mind and language of the Laërtian pyrrhonist : Diog. Laert 9.74-77 / Lorenzo Corti
  • Skeptical investigation and its perks : Diog Laert. 9.69-70 and 79-89 / Christiana M. M. Olfert
  • Diogenes Laertius on the ten pyrrhonist modes / David Sedley.

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