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Sextus Empiricus: Against the Physicists. 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. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Sextus Empiricus: Against the Physicists by Empiricus Sextus An accurate and readable new translation of an important work of ancient scepticism. Providing crucial background information and elucidation of difficult passages and supplemented by extensive interpretive aids, this is an indispensable edition for the advanced student and scholar of Sextus' work. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Sextus Empiricus&#039; 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&#039;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. Author Biography Richard Bett is Professor of Philosophy and Classics at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Pyrrho, his Antecedents and his Legacy (2000) and of translations of Sextus Empiricus' Against the Ethicists, with commentary (1997) and Against the Logicians, with notes (Cambridge, 2005). He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism (Cambridge, 2010). Table of Contents Abbreviations; Introduction; Note on the text and translation; Outline of argument; Book 1; Book 2; Glossary; List of names; Parallels between Against the Physicists and other works of Sextus; Bibliography. Review "...Bett supplements his excellent translation with helpful secondary materials, including a valuable and rich provision of footnotes (over 300) discussing philological and textual as well as philosophical and substantive issues. The result is not only a translation of great fidelity and precision - sure to become the standard - but an edition of Sextus' work that will benefit both students and scholars interested in ancient physics and skepticism.... Bett has combined a readable yet faithful translation with a conscientious, erudite and intelligent commentary. His edition approaches asymptotically the experience of a philosophically informed encounter with the source text..." -- Clifford Roberts, Cornell University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Review Quote "...Bett supplements his excellent translation with helpful secondary materials, including a valuable and rich provision of footnotes (over 300) discussing philological and textual as well as philosophical and substantive issues. The result is not only a translation of great fidelity and precision - sure to become the standard - but an edition of Sextus' work that will benefit both students and scholars interested in ancient physics and skepticism.... Bett has combined a readable yet faithful translation with a conscientious, erudite and intelligent commentary. His edition approaches asymptotically the experience of a philosophically informed encounter with the source text..." -- Clifford Roberts, Cornell University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Promotional "Headline" An accurate and readable translation of an important work of ancient scepticism, with several interpretative aids for scholars and students. Description for Bookstore An accurate and readable new translation of an important work of ancient scepticism. Providing crucial background information and elucidation of difficult passages and supplemented by extensive interpretive aids, this is an indispensable edition for the advanced student and scholar of Sextus' work. Description for Library An accurate and readable new translation of an important work of ancient scepticism. Providing crucial background information and elucidation of difficult passages and supplemented by extensive interpretive aids, this is an indispensable edition for the advanced student and scholar of Sextus' work. Details ISBN052151391X Author Empiricus Sextus Short Title SEXTUS EMPIRICUS Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 052151391X ISBN-13 9780521513913 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 186.1 Year 2012 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Against the Physicists Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2012-07-26 Pages 212 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2012-07-26 AU Release Date 2012-07-26 NZ Release Date 2012-07-26 We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! 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ISBN: 9780521513913

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… More...

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. Trade Books>Hardcover>Philosophy>Philosophy>Philosophy, Cambridge University Press Core >2<

2012, ISBN: 9780521513913

Cambridge University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 212 Seiten, Publiziert: 2012-07-26T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.04 kg, Philosophiegeschichte, Philosophie, Sozialwissensc… More...

Cambridge University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 212 Seiten, Publiziert: 2012-07-26T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.04 kg, Philosophiegeschichte, Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Antike, Bewegungen & Epochen, Literaturgeschichte & -kritik, Literatur & Fiktion, Englische Bücher, Cambridge University Press, 2012<

2012, ISBN: 052151391X

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