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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Bett (The Johns Hopkins University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9781108471077ISBN 10: 1108471072 Pages: 278 Publication Date: 21 March 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPart I. How the Pyrrhonists Present Themselves: 1. The Pyrrhonist's dilemma: what to write if you have nothing to say; 2. Why care whether scepticism is different from other philosophies?; 3. Humor as philosophical subversion, especially in the sceptics; Part II. Pyrrhonists at Work: Specific Topics: 4. The sign in the Pyrrhonian tradition; 5. Aenesidemus the anti-physicist; 6. The modes in Sextus: theory and practice; Part III. Life as a Pyrrhonist: 7. What kind of self can a Greek sceptic have?; 8. How ethical can an ancient sceptic be?; 9. Living as a sceptic; Part IV. Intersections of Pyrrhonism with Contemporary Thought: 10. Can an ancient Greek sceptic be Eudaimôn (or happy)? And what difference does the answer make to us? 11. On Pyrrhonism, stances, and believing what you want; 12. Can we be ancient sceptics?Reviews'Everyone who works on ancient skepticism will want to spend time with these essays. Bett has a sure instinct for questions that matter, and he knows the works of Sextus backwards and forwards. Cambridge University has done scholars a great service with this volume.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'Everyone who works on ancient skepticism will want to spend time with these essays. Bett has a sure instinct for questions that matter, and he knows the works of Sextus backwards and forwards. Cambridge University has done scholars a great service with this volume.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'Everyone who works on ancient skepticism will want to spend time with these essays. Bett has a sure instinct for questions that matter, and he knows the works of Sextus backwards and forwards. Cambridge University has done scholars a great service with this volume.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review Author InformationRichard Bett is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at The Johns Hopkins University. His translations of works by Sextus Empiricus include Sextus Empiricus: Against the Logicians (Cambridge, 2005) and Sextus Empiricus: Against the Physicists (Cambridge, 2012), and he is also the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism (Cambridge, 2010). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |