The History of Scepticism from Erasmus to Spinoza

"I had read the book before in the shorter Harper Torchbook edition but read it again right through—and found it as interesting and exciting as before. I regard it as one of the seminal books in the history of ideas. Based on a prodigious amount of original research, it demonstrated conclusively and in fascinating details how the transmission of ancient skepticism was a bital factor in the formation of modern thought. The story is rich in implications for th history of philosophy, the histo...