Sextus Empiricus, D L Blank

Sextus Empiricus

Against the Grammarians (Adversus Mathematicos I)

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Produktbeschreibung

David Blank presents a new translation into clear modern English of a key treatise by one of the greatest of ancient philosophers, together with the first ever commentary on this work. Sextus Empiricus' Against the Grammarians is a polemical attack on ancient Greek ideas about grammar, and provides one of the best examples of sustained Sceptical reasoning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 144mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 742g
• ISBN-13: 9780198244707
• ISBN-10: 0198244703
• Artikelnr.: 24464983

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction. 1: General. 2: Sextus' Life and Works. 3: Attacking the
Technai. 4: Evidence for Empiricist Attacks on Grammar. 5: Against
the Professors of the Libreal Studies. 6: Against the Grammarians. 7:
Negative Dogmatism in M 1-6? 8: About the Translation.
* Translation. Against the Professors of the Liberal Studies. Against
the Grammarians.
* Commentary.
* Glossary of Ancient and Medieval Authors. Works Cited. Index Locorum.
Subject Index.