Sextus Empiricus: Against the Grammarians (Adversus Mathematicos I)

by Sextus Empiricus, D. L. Blank

Overview

Blank presents a new translation into clear modern English of a key treatise by one of the greatest of ancient philosophers, together with the first ever commentary on this work. Sextus Empiricus's Against the Grammarians is a polemical attack on ancient Greek ideas about grammar, and provides one of the best examples of sustained Sceptical reasoning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198244707
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/04/1998
Series:	Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

University of California, Los Angeles

Table of Contents

Introduction. 1: General. 2: Sextus' Life and Works. 3: Attacking the Technai. 4: Evidence for Empiricist Attacks on Grammar. 5: Against the Professors of the Libreal Studies. 6: Against the Grammarians. 7: Negative Dogmatism in M 1-6? 8: About the Translation.Translation. Against the Professors of the Liberal Studies. Against the Grammarians.Commentary.Glossary of Ancient and Medieval Authors. Works Cited. Index Locorum. Subject Index.

Editorial Reviews

His commentary is largely devoted to explicating the grammatical theories Sexus discusses, and providing the reader with a massive amount of historical context. He does an excellent job at this. This is a book for classicists, and for philosophers interested in the history of ancient grammatical theory. The Philosophical Review

His commentary is largely devoted to explicating the grammatical theories Sexus discusses, and providing the reader with a massive amount of historical context. He does an excellent job at this. This is a book for classicists, and for philosophers interested in the history of ancient grammatical theory. The Philosophical Review "There is an enormous amount to be learned from this volume, and it is not hard to find what one is looking for."— Classical World

"A clear and readable translation. His commentary is largely devoted to explicating the grammatical theories Sextus discusses, and providing the reader with a massive amount of historical context. He does an excellent job at this." —The Philosophical Review

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