Sextus Empiricus: The Transmission and Recovery of Pyrrhonism

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Oxford University Press, 11 avr. 2002 - 172 pages
The subject is Sextus Empiricus, one the chief sources of information on ancient philosophy and one of the most influential authors in the history of skepticism. Sextus' works have had an extraordinary influence on western philosophy, and this book provides the first exhaustive and detailed study of their recovery, transmission, and intellectual influence through Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. This study deals with Sextus' biography, as well as the history of the availability and reception of his works. It also contains an extensive bibliographical section, including editions, translations, and commentaries.
 

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Bibliography
53
Outlines of Pyrrhonism
63
Against the Mathematicians
79
A Short List of Manuscripts of Sextus Empiricus
89
A Quantitative Analysis of the Manuscript Tradition
95
The Names of the Pyrrhonians
101
Notes
107
Fa W V2 M Ve MM Ca E G V
108
Bibliography
121
Mutinensis gr 236 III F 18 H 6
126
Index Nominum
141
Index Rerum
147
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Page vii - A painter, a horseman, and a zoologist will probably connect different ideas with the name 'Bucephalus'. This constitutes an essential distinction between the idea and the sign's sense, which may be the common property of many and therefore is not a part of a mode of the individual mind. For one can hardly deny that mankind has a common store of thoughts which is transmitted from one generation to another.

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