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Outlines of Pyrrhonism
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The three surviving works by Sextus Empiricus (c. 160 210 CE) are Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Against the Dogmatists, and Against the Professors.Abstract:
The three surviving works by Sextus Empiricus (c. 160 210 CE) are Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Against the Dogmatists, and Against the Professors. Their value as a source for the history of thought is especially that they represent development and formulation of former sceptic doctrines.read more
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