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On Academic Scepticism
Brittain Charles
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Description for On Academic Scepticism
Translator(s): Brittain, Charles. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
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
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872207752
SKU
V9780872207752
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About Brittain Charles
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