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Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since its beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provides an engaging, rigorous introduction to the arguments, central themes and general concerns of ancient Scepticism, from its beginnings with Pyrrho of Elis (c.360–c.270 BCE) to the writings of Sextus Empiricus in the second century CE. Thorsrud explores the differences among Sceptics and examines in particular the separation of the Scepticism of Pyrrho from its later form – Academic Scepticism – which arose when its ideas were introduced into Plato's Academy in the third century BCE. He also unravels the prolonged controversy that developed between Academic Scepticism and Stoicism, the prevailing dogmatism of the day. Steering an even course through the many differences of scholarly opinion surrounding Scepticism, Thorsrud provides a balanced appraisal of its enduring significance by showing why it remains so philosophically interesting and how ancient interpretations differ from modern ones.

Skeptics (Greek philosophy) --- Pyrrhon,

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This work invites us to view the Pyrrhonist tradition as involving all those who share a commitment to the activity of Pyrrhonizing and develops fresh, provocative readings of Sextus, Montaigne, and Hume as radical Pyrrhonizing skeptics: From the aspirationalism of Sextan Pyrrhonism, to Montaigne's skeptical fideism and his unusual approach to the writing process, to the vexing interpretive issues surrounding Hume's skepticism, each figure offers us new insights into what it can mean to Pyrrhonize.

Skeptics (Greek philosophy) --- Pyrrhon, --- Sextus, --- Montaigne, Michel de, --- Hume, David,

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Offering a philosophical examination of the concept of luck and its relationship to knowledge, this text demonstrates how a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between knowledge and luck can enable us to see past some of the most intractable disputes in the contemporary theory of knowledge.

Knowledge, Theory of. --- Chance. --- Skepticism. --- Chance --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Skepticism --- Skeptics (Greek philosophy)

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Der tschechische Philologe Karel Janáček (1906 - 1996) war "the most eminent Sextan scholar of the century" (Jonathan Barnes). Neben seinen beiden Sextus-Monographien (Prolegomena to Sextus Empiricus, 1948; Sextus Empiricus' Sceptical Methods, 1972) und seinen Indices zu Sextus und zu Diogenes Laertius veröffentlichte er insgesamt fünfzig Artikel zu Sextus und den mit Sextus zusammenhängenden Themen. Es handelt sich um methodologisch streng geführte philologische Untersuchungen, die ein neues Licht auf Sextus' Werk und dessen Beziehungen zu anderen Autoren wie Diogenes Laertius, Hippolyt von Rom und Philon von Alexandrien geworfen haben. Die Studien wie "Sextus Empiricus an der Arbeit" oder "Die Hauptschrift des Sextus Empiricus als Torso erhalten?" stellen Meisterstücke philologischer Forschung dar. Janáčeks im Laufe von mehr als fünfzig Jahren in schwierig auffindbaren Zeitschriften und Sammelbänden veröffentlichten Studien liegen alle in diesem Band versammelt vor. Zehn ursprünglich auf tschechisch verfassten Studien - darunter eine eingehende "Analyse der Berichte über die Philosophie der Gorgias" - erscheinen hier zum ersten Mal in der Übertragung ins Deutsche. Der Band wird durch eine Würdigung von Karl Janáčeks wissenschaftlichem Œuvre und Persönlichkeit eingeleitet.

Skeptics (Greek philosophy) --- Diogenes Laertius. --- Sextus, --- Sceptiques (Philosophie grecque) --- Sekst, --- Sesto, --- Sextos, --- Sexto, --- Sextus Empiricus --- Diogene Laerzio --- Diogène Laërce --- Laerzio, Diogene --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Sekstus, --- Philosophy (ancient). --- skepticism.

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In Greek Scepticism Leo Groarke presents a more sympathetic and accurate account of Greek scepticism and its relevance to modern and contemporary thought. He begins with an account of the development of scepticism in pre-Socratic times and concludes with a discussion of the relationship of scepticism to modern and contemporary epistemology. Groarke argues that the sceptics posed the problems central to both ancient and modern epistemology, and that in fact scepticism is the ancient analogue of anti-realist trends which are thought to be uniquely modern. He also shows that scepticism is not simply negative, but offers a positive philosophy which mitigates the sceptical critique of knowledge. Greek Scepticism undermines our usual account of the development of modern epistemology. Groarke shows that the separation of the mind and the external world that is generally attributed to Descartes is actually an integral part of ancient scepticism. In discussing the major problems that stem from this distinction, ancient scepticism anticipates thinkers such as Berkeley, Kant, and Hume. Groarke maintains, controversially, that the doubts of the ancient sceptics are deeper and epistemologically more significant than those of the philosophers usually discussed today.

Skeptics (Greek philosophy) --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Anti-realism --- Antirealism --- Philosophy --- History