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What was it like to be a practitioner of Pyrrhonist skepticism? This important volume brings together for the first time a selection of Richard Bett's essays on ancient Pyrrhonism, allowing readers a better understanding of the key aspects of this school of thought. The volume examines Pyrrhonism's manner of self-presentation, including its methods of writing, its desire to show how special it is, and its use of humor; it considers Pyrrhonism's argumentative procedures regarding specific topics, such as signs, space, or the Modes; and it explores what it meant in practice to live as a Pyrrhonist, including the kind of ethical outlook which Pyrrhonism might allow and, in general, the character of a skeptical life - and how far these might strike us as feasible or desirable. It also shows how Pyrrhonism often raises questions that matter to us today, both in our everyday lives and in our philosophical reflection.

Philosophy, Ancient --- Skepticism --- Pyrrhon, --- Skepticism. --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Philosophie antique --- Scepticisme. --- Theory of knowledge --- History of philosophy --- History of ancient Greece --- Pyrrho van Elis --- Philosophie antique. --- Pyrrhonismus. --- Pyrrhon, - of Elis --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Scepticism --- Unbelief --- Agnosticism --- Belief and doubt --- Free thought --- Pirron, --- Pirrone, --- Pyrrho, --- Pyrrōn,

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Sextus Empiricus' Against the Physicists examines numerous topics central to ancient Greek inquiries into the nature of the physical world, covering subjects such as god, cause and effect, whole and part, bodies, place, motion, time, number, coming into being and perishing and is the most extensive surviving treatment of these topics by an ancient Greek sceptic. Sextus scrutinizes the theories of non-sceptical thinkers and generates suspension of judgement through the assembly of equally powerful opposing arguments. Richard Bett's edition provides crucial background information about the text and elucidation of difficult passages. His accurate and readable translation is supported by substantial interpretative aids, including a glossary and a list of parallel passages relating Against the Physicists to other works by Sextus. This is an indispensable edition for advanced students and scholars studying this important work by an influential philosopher.

Philosophy --- Philosophie --- Early works to 1800. --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Sextus, --- Sekst, --- Sesto, --- Sexto, --- Sextos, --- Sekstus, --- Philosophy - Early works to 1800 --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Skeptics (Greek philosophy)

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Ethics --- Skepticism --- Early works to 1800. --- Sextus,