On Academic Scepticism

On Academic Scepticism
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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Total Pages : 221
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ISBN-10 : 9781603840071
ISBN-13 : 1603840079
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Download or read book On Academic Scepticism written by Cicero and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Brittain's elegant new translation of Cicero's Academica makes available for the first time a readable and accurate translation into modern English of this complex yet crucial source of our knowledge of the epistemological debates between the skeptical Academics and the Stoics. Brittain's masterly Introduction, generous notes, English–Latin–Greek Glossary, and Index further commend this edition to the attention of students of Hellenistic philosophy at all levels.


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