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Little is known about Sextus Empiricus. He likely lived in Alexandria, Rome, or Athens. [1] His Roman name, Sextus, implies he was a Roman citizen. [2] The Suda, a 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia, states that he was the same person as Sextus of Chaeronea, [3] as do other pre-modern sources, but this identification is commonly doubted. [4]
Robert Gregg Bury (/ ˈ b j ʊər i /; 22 March 1869 – 11 February 1951) was an Irish Anglican clergyman, classicist, philologist, and a translator of the works of Plato and Sextus Empiricus into English.
Against the Ethicists, Sextus Empiricus, Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-19-823620-7; Against the Logicians, Sextus Empiricus, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-521-53195-5 "Sextus Empiricus' Against the Physicists", Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 052151391X, 9780521513913
Although the criterion argument applies to both deduction and induction, Weintraub believes that Sextus's argument "is precisely the strategy Hume invokes against induction: it cannot be justified, because the purported justification, being inductive, is circular." She concludes that "Hume's most important legacy is the supposition that the ...
Sextus Empiricus (1935). Against the Logicians. Loeb Classical Library (in Ancient Greek and English). Translated by R. G. Bury. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-99321-7. Sextus Empiricus (1936). Against the Physicists, Against the Ethicists. Loeb Classical Library (in Ancient Greek and English). Translated by R. G. Bury. Harvard University ...
Pyrrhonism is best known today through the surviving works of Sextus Empiricus, writing in the late second century or early third century CE. [2] The publication of Sextus' works in the Renaissance ignited a revival of interest in Skepticism and played a major role in Reformation thought and the development of early modern philosophy.
Economics professor John Strauss said the case against him was closed, students' complaints would be dismissed and that he would face no formal discipline. USC drops complaints, won't discipline ...
Sextus Empiricus quotes part of a commentary by Demetrius on Epicurus, where Demetrius interprets Epicurus' statement that "time is an accident of accidents." [2] Papyrus scrolls containing portions of the works of Demetrius were discovered at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. The major works partially preserved are: [3]