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On Academic Scepticism
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Paperback. The aim of this translation of the "Academica" is to render Cicero's treatise on Academic scepticism into readable English for a philosophical audience. To this end, the translator has attempted to preserve consistency in the principal technical terms where English allows it. An English-Latin glossary and an index are included. Translator(s): Brittain, Charles. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Charles Brittain's elegant new translation of Cicero's Academica makes available for the first time a readable and accurate translation into modern English of this complex yet crucial source of our knowledge of the epistemological debates between the skeptical Academics and the Stoics.
Brittain's masterly Introduction, generous notes, English–Latin–Greek Glossary, and Index further commend this edition to the attention of students of Hellenistic philosophy at all levels.
Product Details
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
161
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872207745
SKU
V9780872207745
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About Marcus Tullius Cicero
Charles Brittain is Associate Professor of Classics, Cornell University.
Reviews for On Academic Scepticism
Brittain's On Academic Scepticism is more than a translation. It is a thorough introduction to the study of one of Cicero's most important philosophical dialogues, a work which is the key to understanding Hellenistic scepticism and a great deal of the Latin philosophical tradition shaped by Cicero. The translation is sharp and philosophically sensitive without betraying Cicero's elegant style; ... Read more