Gorgias’ Περὶ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος and Its Relation to Skepticism

Abstract The paper examines whether Gorgias’ On What Is Not should be considered an instance of skepticism. It begins with an analysis of the work as reported by the two sources, Sextus Empiricus and the anonymous author of On Melissus, Xenophanes and Gorgias . It is then argued that the Pyrrhonian...

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Main Author: Bett, Richard 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 187-208
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gorgias 480 BC-380 BC, Peri tu mē ontos ē peri physeōs / Pyrrhonism / Scepticism
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Gorgias
B Parmenides
B Sextus Empiricus
B Pyrrhonism
B Skepticism
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