Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the
world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential …

While moral theory does not invent morality, or even reflection on it, it does try to bring
systematic thinking to bear on these activities. Ancient moral theory, however, does not …

Arcesilaus initiated a sceptical phase in the Academy after taking over in c. 268 BCE. He
was motivated in part by an innovative reading of Plato's dialogues. Where his predecessors …

IN AN IMPORTANT PAPER, Couissin1 argued for what has come to be called the dialectical
interpretation of Academic skepticism. On this interpretation, Arcesilaus and Carneades …

Among the conceptions of philosophical therapy common in the ancient Greek and Roman
worlds, nearly all include a positive role for reason. 1 This is due, in large measure, to the …

HARALD THORSRUD h roughout his philosophical dialogues, Cicero characterizes the Aca
demic method as a mitigated skepticism: certainty is beyond our reach, but by arguing pro …

With respect to the nature and existence of the gods, Sextus pursues his standard skeptical
agenda: assembling equally powerful arguments both for and against, he is left with no …

This study aimed to clarify whether high-risk premenopausal women have less atherogenic
levels of markers of endothelial dysfunction, oxidation, thrombosis and inflammation, and …

Many commentators have noted how the conflict in Aristotle's account of human nature in the
Nicomachean Ethics is passed on, via the function argument of I 7, to his view (s) of …

By understanding the sense in which Sextus thinks reason is deceptive we may clarify his
attitude towards ordinary life. The deception, like that of the Siren's song, is practical rather …