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Empiricus ca.CE, exponent of scepticism and critic of the Dogmatists, was a Greek physician and philosopher, pupil and successor of the medical sceptic Herodotus not the historian of Tarsus.
He probably lived for years in Rome and possibly also in Alexandria and Athens, His three surviving works are "'Outlines of Pyrrhonism'" three books on the practical and ethical scepticism of Pyrrho of Elis, ca.
BCE, as developed later, presenting also a case against the Dogmatists "'Against the Dogmatists'" five books dealing with the Logicians, the Physicists, and the Ethicists and "'Against the Professors'" six books: Grammarians, Rhetors, Geometers, Arithmeticians, Astrologers, and Musicians.
These two latter works might be called a general criticism of professors of all arts and sciences, Sextus's work is a valuable source for the history of thought especially because of his development and formulation of former sceptic doctrines.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Sextus Empiricus is in four volumes, The butler did it.
Yet the butler could not have done it,
Therefore, it is best to refrain from believing anything one way or another about the butler, Thus, ataraxia. You're welcome. Ancient Mediterranean physician and philosopher, His philosophical work is the most complete surviving account of ancient Greek and Roman skepticism, In his medical work, tradition maintains that he belonged to the empiric school, as reflected by his name, However, at least twice in his writings, Sextus seems to place himself closer to the methodic school, as his philosophical views imply.
Ancient Mediterranean physician and philosopher, His
philosophical work is the most complete surviving account of ancient Greek and Roman skepticism, In his medical work, tradition maintains that he belonged to the "empiric school", as reflected by his name, However, at least twice in his writings, Sextus seems to place himself closer to the "methodic school", as his philosophical views imply.
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