A Sceptic Looks at Art (but not Very Closely): Sextus Empiricus on Music

The paper examines Sextus Empiricus’ Against the Musicians (M 6), one of the least studied portions of Sextus’ surviving work, against the background of the more general question why he has so little to say on questions that for us would fall under aesthetics. The structure and goals of the book are...

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Main Author: Bett, Richard 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2013, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 155-181
Further subjects:B Sextus Empiricus music aesthetics utility Philodemus foundations
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)