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... belief in the possibility of finding and establishing the truth in the subjects investigated . Before beginning a critical study of the writings of Sextus Empiricus , and the light which they throw on the development of Greek Scepticism ...
... belief in the possibility of finding and establishing the truth in the subjects investigated . Before beginning a critical study of the writings of Sextus Empiricus , and the light which they throw on the development of Greek Scepticism ...
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... belief is always a far more powerful influence than principles which are vaguely understood and accepted . There is always , however , the danger to the Sceptic , in making a statement even of the prin- ciples of Scepticism , that the ...
... belief is always a far more powerful influence than principles which are vaguely understood and accepted . There is always , however , the danger to the Sceptic , in making a statement even of the prin- ciples of Scepticism , that the ...
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... beliefs , and dogmatic opinions . Although Sextus is careful not to dogmatise regard- ing the arrangement of the Tropes , yet there is in his classification of them a regular gradation , from the argu- ments based upon differences in ...
... beliefs , and dogmatic opinions . Although Sextus is careful not to dogmatise regard- ing the arrangement of the Tropes , yet there is in his classification of them a regular gradation , from the argu- ments based upon differences in ...
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... believing that the body is a type of the soul . As the bodies of men differ , so the souls also probably differ . The differ- ences of mind among men is not referred to by Diogenes , except in the general statement that they choose 1 ...
... believing that the body is a type of the soul . As the bodies of men differ , so the souls also probably differ . The differ- ences of mind among men is not referred to by Diogenes , except in the general statement that they choose 1 ...
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... beliefs of different lands , to show that they are also changeable and relative , and not of absolute worth . The ... belief , and in the laws and cus- toms of different countries . Therefore the decisions 1 Hyp . 1. 24 . 2 Hyp . 11 ...
... beliefs of different lands , to show that they are also changeable and relative , and not of absolute worth . The ... belief , and in the laws and cus- toms of different countries . Therefore the decisions 1 Hyp . 1. 24 . 2 Hyp . 11 ...
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