The Original Sceptics

These five essays began a debate about the nature and scope of ancient scepticism which has transformed our understanding of what scepticism originally was. Together they provide a vigorous and highly stimulating introduction to the thought of the original sceptics, and shed new light on its relation to sceptical arguments in modern philosophy.

Reviews:

"The Original Sceptics contains a wealth of analysis, argument and philological comment, and it undoubtedly succeeds in making the reader aware of the difficulties involved in discovering what the ancient sceptics really held.”
     —F. C. White, Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Contents:

• Introduction.
• Michael Frede, “The Sceptic's Beliefs”
• Myles Burnyeat, “Can the Sceptic Live his Scepticism?”
• Jonathan Barnes, “The Beliefs of a Pyrrhonist”
• Myles Burnyeat, “The Sceptic in his Place and Time”
• Michael Frede, “The Sceptic's Two Kinds of Assent”
• Selected Bibliography.