introduction, text, translation, commentary and interpretative essays by Katja Maria Vogt, Richard Bett, Lorenzo Corti, Tiziano Dorandi, Christiana M.M. Olfert, Elisabeth Scharffenberger, David Sedley, and James Warren ; edited by Katja Maria Vogt.
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Tübingen, Germany :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Mohr Siebeck,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (x, 202 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
Sapere : scripta antiquitatis paosterioris ad ethicam religionemque pertinentia = Schriften der späteren Antike zu ethischen und religiösen Fragen ;
Volume Designation
Band XXV
GENERAL NOTES
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Original text in Greek, introduction, text, translation, commentary and essays in English.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : skepticism and metaphysics in Diogenes Laertius / Katja Maria Vogt -- Pyrrhonism in Diogenes Laertius / Richard Bett -- Precursors of pyrrhonism : Doig. Laert 9.67-73 / James Warren -- Mind and language of the Laërtian pyrrhonist : Diog. Laert 9.74-77 / Lorenzo Corti -- Skeptical investigation and its perks : Diog Laert. 9.69-70 and 79-89 / Christiana M.M. Olfert -- Diogenes Laertius on the ten pyrrhonist modes / David Sedley.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This volume offers the first bilingual edition of a major text in the history of epistemology, Diogenes Laertius's report on Pyrrho and Timon in his Lives of Eminent Philosophers. Leading experts contribute a philosophical introduction, translation, commentary, and scholarly essays on the nature of Diogenes's report as well as core questions in recent research on skepticism.