Sextus Empiricus

Sextus Empiricus in Wikipedia

Sextus Empiricus (c. 160-210 AD), was a physician and philosopher, and has been variously reported to have lived in Alexandria, Rome, or Athens. His philosophical work is the most complete surviving account of ancient Greek and Roman skepticism. In his medical work, tradition maintains that he belonged to the "empiric school", as reflected by his ...

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Sextus Empirĭcus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

A physician who was a contemporary of Galen, and lived in the first half of the third century of the Christian era. Two of his works are extant-Πυρρώνιαι Ὑποπτυπώσεις, dealing with the skeptical learning of Pyrrho (q.v.), in three books; and Πρὸς τοὺς Μαθηματικοὺς Ἀντιρρητικοί, in eleven books, against all positive philosophy. The first six books s...

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