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How ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility by learning to suspend judgmentAlong with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy that claim to offer a way of living as well as thinking. How to Keep an Open Mind provides an unmatched introduction to skepticism by presenting a fresh, modern translation of key passages from the writings of Sextus Empiricus, the only Greek skeptic whose works have survived.While content in daily life to go along with things as they appear to be, Sextus advocated—and provided a set of techniques to achieve—a radical suspension of judgment about the way things really are, believing that such nonjudging can be useful for challenging the unfounded dogmatism of others and may help one achieve a state of calm and tranquility. In an introduction, Richard Bett makes the case that the most important lesson we can draw from Sextus’s brand of skepticism today may be an ability to see what can be said on the other side of any issue, leading to a greater open-mindedness.Complete with the original Greek on facing pages, How to Keep an Open Mind offers a compelling antidote to the closed-minded dogmatism of today’s polarized world.

Skepticism --- Adversus Mathematicos. --- Alexander the Great. --- Buddhism. --- Elis. --- India. --- Pyrrho. --- Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes. --- Pyrrhonism. --- Pyrrhonist. --- Socrates. --- against. --- ataraxia. --- belief. --- deduction. --- dogma. --- ethicists. --- how to stop judging. --- induction. --- logicians. --- modes. --- negative dogmatism. --- non assertion. --- non judging. --- phrases. --- physicists. --- practical philosophy. --- self help. --- truth. --- understanding skepticism. --- what did the skeptics believe.

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Pyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC. There he met with early Buddhist masters. Greek Buddha shows how their Early Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of Pyrrhonian scepticism in ancient Greece.Christopher I. Beckwith traces the origins of a major tradition in Western philosophy to Gandhara, a country in Central Asia and northwestern India. He systematically examines the teachings and practices of Pyrrho and of Early Buddhism, including those preserved in testimonies by and about Pyrrho, in the report on Indian philosophy two decades later by the Seleucid ambassador Megasthenes, in the first-person edicts by the Indian king Devanampriya Priyadarsi referring to a popular variety of the Dharma in the early third century BC, and in Taoist echoes of Gautama's Dharma in Warring States China. Beckwith demonstrates how the teachings of Pyrrho agree closely with those of the Buddha Sakyamuni, "the Scythian Sage." In the process, he identifies eight distinct philosophical schools in ancient northwestern India and Central Asia, including Early Zoroastrianism, Early Brahmanism, and several forms of Early Buddhism. He then shows the influence that Pyrrho's brand of scepticism had on the evolution of Western thought, first in Antiquity, and later, during the Enlightenment, on the great philosopher and self-proclaimed Pyrrhonian, David Hume.Greek Buddha demonstrates that through Pyrrho, Early Buddhist thought had a major impact on Western philosophy.

Buddhism --- Buddhism and philosophy. --- Bouddhisme --- Bouddhisme et philosophie --- History --- Influence. --- Histoire --- Influence --- Pyrrhon, --- Philosophy --- Religion --- Buddhism. --- Ancient --- Greece. --- History & Surveys --- Ancient & Classical. --- Buddhist. --- Religious. --- History. --- To 100. --- Aristocles passage. --- Buddha Sakyamuni. --- Buddha. --- Chinese philosophy. --- David Hume. --- Early Brahmanism. --- Early Buddhism. --- Early Pyrrhonism. --- Early Taoist texts. --- Early Zoroastrianism. --- Jade Yoga Inscription. --- Laotzu. --- Megasthenes. --- Normative Buddhism. --- Problem of Induction. --- Problem of the Criterion. --- Pyrrho of Elis. --- Pyrrho. --- Pyrrhonian scepticism. --- Warring States period. --- Western philosophy. --- ancient Greece. --- epistemology. --- ethical matters. --- pragmata.

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This book contains important technical innovations, including comparative measures for the testable content, depth, and unity of scientific theories.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Science --- Skepticism --- Rationalism --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Philosophy --- -Skepticism --- Scepticism --- Unbelief --- Agnosticism --- Belief and doubt --- Free thought --- Natural science --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Religion --- Deism --- Realism --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Psychology --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Rationalism. --- Skepticism. --- Philosophy. --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- wetenschap --- filosofie --- maatschappijkritiek --- Science - Philosophy --- A priori and a posteriori. --- A priori probability. --- Ad hoc. --- Ad hominem. --- Agnosticism. --- Almost surely. --- Analytic–synthetic distinction. --- Anti-realism. --- Antireductionism. --- Asymmetry. --- Atomism. --- Axiom. --- Bayesian probability. --- Bayesian statistics. --- Bayesian. --- Begging the question. --- Certainty. --- Circular reasoning. --- Classical logic. --- Classical physics. --- Contradiction. --- David Hume. --- Deductive reasoning. --- Deductive-nomological model. --- Determinism. --- Dialectician. --- Edmund Husserl. --- Explanation. --- Explanatory power. --- Extrapolation. --- Fair coin. --- Fallibilism. --- Falsifiability. --- Falsity. --- Fideism. --- First principle. --- Form of life (philosophy). --- Free parameter. --- Good and evil. --- Hilary Putnam. --- Holism. --- Hypothesis. --- Idealism. --- Impenetrability. --- Inductive reasoning. --- Inductivism. --- Inference. --- Infinite regress. --- Instance (computer science). --- Is–ought problem. --- J. L. Austin. --- Logical reasoning. --- Lottery paradox. --- Magical thinking. --- Materialism. --- Michael Polanyi. --- Modern physics. --- Modus tollens. --- Mutual exclusivity. --- Neutral monism. --- Occam's razor. --- Ontology. --- Ordinary language philosophy. --- Ought implies can. --- Paradox. --- Persuasive definition. --- Phenomenalism. --- Philosopher. --- Phrenology. --- Possible world. --- Posterior probability. --- Pre-established harmony. --- Prediction. --- Predictive power. --- Premise. --- Probabilism. --- Probability. --- Problem of induction. --- Pseudoscience. --- Pyrrhonism. --- Rationality. --- Reality. --- Reason. --- Received view. --- Reductionism. --- Relativism. --- Requirement. --- Richard Jeffrey. --- Scientific realism. --- Scientific theory. --- Sensationalism. --- Suggestion. --- Tautology (rhetoric). --- Testability. --- Theory. --- Transcendental arguments. --- Truism. --- Verisimilitude. --- Wrong direction.

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This is the first English translation of Proclus' commentary on Plato'sParmenides. Glenn Morrow's death occurred while he was less than halfway through the translation, which was completed by John Dillon. A major work of the great Neoplatonist philosopher, the commentary is an intellectual tour de force that greatly influenced later medieval and Renaissance thought. As the notes and introductory summaries explain, it comprises a full account of Proclus' own metaphysical system, disguised, as is so much Neoplatonic philosophy, in the form of a commentary.

Reasoning --- -Argumentation --- Ratiocination --- Reason --- Thought and thinking --- Judgment (Logic) --- Logic --- Early works to 1800 --- Plato --- Socrates --- Zeno of Elea --- Aflāṭūn --- Aplaton --- Bolatu --- Platon, --- Platonas --- Platone --- Po-la-tʻu --- Pʻŭllatʻo --- Pʻŭllatʻon --- Pʻuratʻon --- Πλάτων --- אפלטון --- פלאטא --- פלאטאן --- פלאטו --- أفلاطون --- 柏拉圖 --- 플라톤 --- Socrate --- Socrates Constantinopolitanus Scholasticus --- Zeno, --- Form --- Philosophical perspectives --- Socrates. --- Argumentation --- Plato. --- Zenón, --- Zénon, --- Zenon, --- Ζήνων, --- Zēnōn, --- Platon --- Platoon --- Form (Philosophy) --- Parmenides --- Early works to 1800. --- Raisonnement --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Платон --- プラトン --- Zeno, - of Elea --- Sokrates --- Sokrat, --- Sokrates, --- Suqrāṭ, --- Su-ko-la-ti, --- Sugeladi, --- Sokuratesu, --- Sākreṭīsa, --- Socrate, --- سقراط, --- Σωκράτης, --- Aeschylus. --- Alexander of Aphrodisias. --- Allegory. --- Ammonius Saccas. --- Analytic–synthetic distinction. --- Anecdote. --- Antithesis. --- Aporia. --- Aristotelianism. --- Aristotle. --- Axiom. --- Callicles. --- Cephalus. --- Chaldean Oracles. --- Comprehension (logic). --- Cratylus (dialogue). --- Creation myth. --- Critique. --- Damascius. --- Demiurge. --- Dialectician. --- Dionysius the Areopagite. --- Dionysus. --- Endoxa. --- Epicurus. --- Existence. --- First principle. --- Form of life (philosophy). --- Glaucon. --- Hippias. --- Hypostasis (philosophy and religion). --- Hypothesis. --- Hypothetical syllogism. --- Iamblichus. --- Idealism. --- Identity (philosophy). --- Immutability (theology). --- Intellect. --- Logos. --- Menexenus (dialogue). --- Metaphysics. --- Middle Platonism. --- Middle term. --- Multitude. --- Neoplatonism. --- Nicholas of Cusa. --- Nous. --- Parmenides (dialogue). --- Parmenides. --- Phaedrus (dialogue). --- Philebus. --- Philosopher. --- Philosophical language. --- Philosophy. --- Phronesis. --- Platonic Theology (Ficino). --- Platonic realism. --- Platonism. --- Plotinus. --- Plutarch of Athens. --- Plutarch. --- Polemic. --- Potentiality and actuality. --- Pre-Socratic philosophy. --- Premise. --- Pronoia (psychology). --- Protagoras (dialogue). --- Pyrrhonism. --- Pythagoras. --- Pythagoreanism. --- Reality. --- Reason. --- Reductio ad absurdum. --- Samuel Taylor Coleridge. --- Scholasticism. --- Second Letter (Plato). --- Socratic method. --- Sophist. --- Stoicism. --- Subject (philosophy). --- Suggestion. --- Superiority (short story). --- Syllogism. --- Symposium (Plato). --- Syrianus. --- Term logic. --- The Philosopher. --- Theaetetus (dialogue). --- Themistius. --- Theology. --- Theophrastus. --- Theory of Forms. --- Theory. --- Third man argument. --- Thought. --- Timaeus (dialogue). --- Treatise. --- Writing. --- Zeno of Elea. --- -Early works to 1800