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Record Nr.

UNINA9910296435003321

Autore

Vogt Katja Maria

Titolo

Pyrrhonian Skepticism in Diogenes Laertius / Katja  Maria Vogt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mohr Siebeck, 2015

Tubingen : , : Mohr Siebeck, , 2015

ISBN

3-16-156430-8

Edizione

[1. Aufl.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 pages)

Collana

Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia ; ; 3.

Soggetti

Religion / Theology

History / Ancient

Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : skepticism and metaphysics in Diogenes Laertius / Katja Maria Vogt -- Pyrrhonism in Diogenes Laertius / Richard Bett -- Precursors of pyrrhonism : Doig. Laert 9.67-73 / James Warren -- Mind and language of the LaeĢˆrtian pyrrhonist : Diog. Laert 9.74-77 / Lorenzo Corti -- Skeptical investigation and its perks : Diog Laert. 9.69-70 and 79-89 / Christiana M. M. Olfert -- Diogenes Laertius on the ten pyrrhonist modes / David Sedley.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers the first bilingual edition of a major text in the history of epistemology, Diogenes Laertius's report on Pyrrho and Timon in his Lives of Eminent Philosophers. Leading experts contribute a philosophical introduction, translation, commentary, and scholarly essays on the nature of Diogenes's report as well as core questions in recent research on skepticism.