Sextus Empiricus: Against the Ethicists: (Adversus Mathematicos XI)

by Sextus Empiricus, Richard Bett

Overview

This volume contains a new translation of Against the Ethicists, together with an introduction and extensive commentary. Those who have discussed this work in the past have tended to underestimate it, regarding its main position as essentially the same as that of Sextus's better-known Outlines of Pyrrhonism. Richard Bett shows that this text proposes a distinct and previously unnoticed philosophical outlook, associated with a phase of Pyrrhonian Scepticism earlier than Sextus himself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198236207
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/30/1997
Series:	Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.88(d)
Lexile:	1370L (what's this?)

About the Author

Johns Hopkins University

Table of Contents

Introduction; Against the Ethicists: translation; Commentary; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.

Editorial Reviews

"Bett's careful translation . . . ought to be the main English translation consulted. . . . Judicious and learned . . . Bett's work is a distinguished addition to the literature on skepticism. "—Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"A first rate production, which should be taken as a model for future members of its genre."—Journal of Hellenic Studies "This translation and commentary...will certainly become the standard edition of this important text for the foreseeable future."—Manuscrito "It would be appropriate for anyone interested in skepticism, whether ancient or modern, to use this careful and useful book."—Philosophical Review

"The Clarendon Ancient Philosophers series continues with Richard Bett's excellent translation of and commentary on Sextus Empiricus, Against the Ethicists . . . [a] detailed and informative treatment of the book . . . An impressive contribution to the subject."—Phronesis

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