Timon of Phlius Pyrrhonism into Poetry |
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| Author:
| Clayman, Dee L. |
| Series title: | Untersuchungen Zur Antiken Literatur und Geschichte Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-45676-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $196.00 |
Book Description:
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Early Skepticism and its founder, Pyrrho of Elis, were introduced to the world by the poet and philosopher Timon of Phlius. This is the first book-length study of Timon s work in English, and includes a new reconstruction of his most influential poem Silloi . All of the extant fragments are translated and discussed as literature rather than as source material for the history of philosophy. The book concludes with a definition of skeptical aesthetics that demonstrates the importance...
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Early Skepticism and its founder, Pyrrho of Elis, were introduced to the world by the poet and philosopher Timon of Phlius. This is the first book-length study of Timon s work in English, and includes a new reconstruction of his most influential poem Silloi . All of the extant fragments are translated and discussed as literature rather than as source material for the history of philosophy. The book concludes with a definition of skeptical aesthetics that demonstrates the importance of Timon and early Skepticism to the most influential Hellenistic poets: Callimachus, Theocritus and Apollonius of Rhodes."