How to keep an open mind : an ancient guide to thinking like a skeptic / Sextus, Empiricus; translated by Richard Arnot Home Bett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sextus, Empiricus, author.

Contributor:

Bett, Richard, 1957- translator.

Series:

Ancient wisdom for modern readers.

Ancient wisdom for modern readers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism--Early works to 1800.

Skepticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlviii, 225 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford, England : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

Translated from the Greek.

Summary:

How ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility by learning to suspend judgmentAlong with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy that claim to offer a way of living as well as thinking. How to Keep an Open Mind provides an unmatched introduction to skepticism by presenting a fresh, modern translation of key passages from the writings of Sextus Empiricus, the only Greek skeptic whose works have survived.While content in daily life to go along with things as they appear to be, Sextus advocated—and provided a set of techniques to achieve—a radical suspension of judgment about the way things really are, believing that such nonjudging can be useful for challenging the unfounded dogmatism of others and may help one achieve a state of calm and tranquility. In an introduction, Richard Bett makes the case that the most important lesson we can draw from Sextus’s brand of skepticism today may be an ability to see what can be said on the other side of any issue, leading to a greater open-mindedness.Complete with the original Greek on facing pages, How to Keep an Open Mind offers a compelling antidote to the closed-minded dogmatism of today’s polarized world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Note on the Translation

How to keep an open mind

Chapter 1. Skepticism: The Big Picture

Chapter 2. Arguments to Have Up Your Sleeve: The Mod

Chapter 3. Talking and Thinking Like a Skeptic (and Not Like Anyone Else

Chapter 4. Going After the Other Philosophers: Logic

Chapter 5. Going after the other philosophers: physics

Chapter 6. Going after other philosophers: ethics

Glossary

Person referred to

Notes

Further reading

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Empiricus, Sextus How to Keep an Open Mind

ISBN:

9780691215365

0691215367

OCLC:

1237405908