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...The following treatise on Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism has been prepared to supply a need much felt in the English language by students of Greek philosophy. For while other schools of Greek philosophy have been exhaustively and critically discussed by English scholars, there are few sources of information available to the student who wishes to make himself fa...

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...The Historical Relations Of Sextus Empiricus-Introductory paragraph.—The name of Sextus Empiricus. His profession.—The time when he lived.—The place of his birth.—The seat of the Sceptical School while Sextus was at its head.—The character of the wri...

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...Excerpt: PREFACE; This book is essentially a desultory book, the result of intermittent observation, and often, no doubt, of rash assumption. Having been written in Paris, at odd moments, during the last two years of the war, it could hardly be more than a series of disjointed notes; and the excu...

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...obal Language Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. Based on the first edition of 1919. Electronic text created by Sara Triggs. Contents Preface . . . ... ...EIR MEANING 1 PREFACE T his book is essentially a desultory book, the result of intermittent observa tion, and often, no doubt, of rash assumption. H... ...ion. Having been written in Paris, at odd moments, during the last two years of the war, it could hardly be more than a series of disjointed notes; an... ...on must follow, in which he will waver between contradictions, and his sharp outlines will become blurred with what the painters call “repentances.” F... ...uld have been almost impossible to ask Americans to picture our situation if Germany had invaded the United States, and had held a tenth part of our m... ...the allied peoples who might come to our aid to judge us by what they saw if Germany held our Atlantic sea board, with all its great cities, together ... ... to adopt its ways, and to be taken for native born citizens. The Germans in Germany are very different; though, even there, they were at great pains,...