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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism, Paperback / softback Book

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism Paperback / softback

Edited by Richard (The Johns Hopkins University) Bett

Part of the Cambridge Companions to Philosophy series

Paperback / softback

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This volume offers a comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools, and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world.

The contributors examine the major developments chronologically and historically, ranging from the early antecedents of scepticism to the Pyrrhonist tradition.

They address the central philosophical and interpretive problems surrounding the sceptics' ideas on subjects including belief, action, and ethics.

Finally, they explore the effects which these forms of scepticism had beyond the ancient period, and the ways in which ancient scepticism differs from scepticism as it has been understood since Descartes.

The volume will serve as an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the subject for non-specialists, while also offering considerable depth and detail for more advanced readers.

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