Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism

by Sextus Empiricus , Edited by Julia Annas , Jonathan Barnes

• ISBN13: 9780521778091
• ISBN10: 0521778093
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-15
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Outlines of Scepticism, by the Greek philosopher Sextus Empiricus, is a work of major importance for the history of Greek philosophy. It is the fullest extant account of ancient skepticism, and it is also one of our most copious sources of information about the other Hellenistic philosophies. Its argumentative approach revolutionized the study of philosophy when Sextus' works were rediscovered in the sixteenth century. This volume presents the accurate and readable translation that was first published in 1994, together with a substantial new historical and philosophical introduction by Jonathan Barnes.

Table of Contents

Preface to this edition	vii
List of abbreviations	ix
Introduction	xi
Chronological table	xxxii
Further reading	xxxiii
Note on the translation	xxxiv
Outlines of Scepticism	1	(216)
Book I	1	(64)
Book II	65	(76)
Book III	141	(76)
Bibliography	217	(7)
Glossaries	224	(1)
English--Greek	224	(4)
Greek--English	228	(4)
Index of Greek terms	232	(1)
Index of names	233	(7)
Index of subjects	240