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Can an ancient Greek sceptic be eudaimôn (or happy)? And what difference does the answer make to us?

Revista de Filosofia Antiga, 2012
The paper explores how far the ancient Greek sceptics in fact accept, and how far they should accept, the central Greek ethical notion of eudaimonia, usually translated "happiness" - and what, if anything, the answers may tell us today. The first section
Richard Bett
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Reflexions on the Against the Rethoricians by Sextus Empiricus [PDF]

Boletim de Estudos Clássicos, 2014
Interpretação geral de Contra os retóricos (Adv. Rhet. ou M2), do filósofo/médico cético Sexto Empírico (c. II‘III d.C.) aplicando o mecanismo da "via média". Assim, esta obra de Sexto é abordada passo‘a‘passo, demonstrando os dois grandes movimentos refutativos que atravessam o livro: 1‘ o ataque à retórica enquanto techne e 2‘ enquanto produtora da ...
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The argument from undecidable dissension

Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
The five modes of suspension of judgment outlined by Sextus Empiricus (HP XV 164-188) coordinate a complex argumentative strategy to prompt the general suspension of judgment.
Hugo Enrique Sánchez López
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Following Sextus: Demonstrative Argument in Gorgias’ Peri tou mē ontos

Peitho, 2018
The two extant versions of Gorgias’ Peri tou mē ontos (PTMO) have been preserved by an anonymous author (MXG) and by Sextus Empiricus (S.E.). Both versions have been differently interpreted by scholars who examine either the doctrine or the rhetorical ...
Stefania Giombini
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My Strategies for Dealing With Radical Psychotic Doubt: A Schizo-Something Philosopher's Tale. [PDF]

Schizophr Bull, 2023
Jeppsson SMI.
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ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A SCEPTICAL TECHNĒ IN SEXTUS EMPIRICUS’ WORKS

Prometeus: Filosofia em Revista, 2018
Galen (129-216 A.D.) was a prolific writer, mostly important for the development of medicine. However he is not receiving the deserved attention by researchers in Lusophonic world.
Rodrigo Pinto de Brito
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Jules Vuillemin, le pyrrhonisme et Carnéade

Philosophia Scientiæ, 2016
The purpose of this article is to analyze the place of the New Academy in the classification of Scepticism elaborated by Jules Vuillemin. In his 1985 paper “Une morale est-elle compatible avec le scepticisme?”, Vuillemin distinguished four types of ...
Carlos Lévy
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Claiming the Scientific High Ground: New Frontiers and Ancient Wisdoms in the Age of COVID-19. [PDF]

Global Spine J, 2021
Chapman JR, Wiechert K, Wang JC.
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Intuitionnisme et systèmes philosophiques hellénistiques. Le tiers exclu chez Épicure et Chrysippe

Philosophia Scientiæ
In the light of Jules Vuillemin’s intuitionistic interpretation of Epicurus’ system, this article studies evidence relating to Chrysippus’ treatment of the law of the excluded middle.
Thomas Auffret
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Can a skeptic be pious and why would he be? Lessons from ancient Pyrrhonism [PDF]

Belgrade Philosophical Annual
The Pyrrhonian skeptics argue that we should suspend belief about everything because, according to them, there are mutually exclusive accounts for and against every object of investigation, and because there are no good reasons to prefer either of the ...
Stojanović Pavle
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