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The limits of doubt : the moral and political implications of skepticism / Petr Lom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lom, Petr, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Skepticism--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Skepticism.
- Skepticism--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 138 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- 1 Skepticism and the Politics of Domination 11
- Machiavelli and Descartes 11
- Pierre Charron 14
- Skepticism and the Politics of Irrational Power 17
- Nietzsche, Atheism, and Cruelty 22
- Nietzsche's Politics of Radical Aristocracy 25
- Skepticism and the Limits of Philosophy 26
- The Instability of Skepticism 28
- 2 Ancient Skepticism: Happiness Above Truth 31
- The Thought of Sextus Empiricus 31
- A Life Full of Doubt 32
- Skepticism and Truth: Pyrrho on Ethics 36
- The Life of the Skeptic 39
- Ancient Skepticism and Justice 41
- Skepticism: Tranquillity or Despair? 43
- 3 Hobbes and the Peace of Dogmatic Skepticism 47
- The Extent of Hobbes's Skepticism 47
- The Political Necessity of Moral Doubt 53
- The Relativization of Truth 55
- The Hobbesian Citizen 57
- 4 Denis Diderot and Doubt: Constructive Skepticism 59
- Ancient versus Modern Skepticism 60
- Skepticism and Eclecticism 62
- Rameau's Nephew 65
- The Limits of Doubt 68
- Diderot's Political Thought 71
- 5 Skepticism, Cruelty, Custom, and Toleration: Michel de Montaigne 75
- Skepticism and Cruelty 76
- Skepticism and Custom 80
- Montaigne and Custom 81
- Skepticism and Toleration 87
- From Skepticism to Humanism 89.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-133) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791450309
- 0791450295
- OCLC:
- 44802947
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