Preface Book I 1. Introduction: Sources and Transmission 2. The Nature of Scepticism 3. Precursors 4. Pyrrho and the Socratic Tradition 5. The Scepticism of the Middle Academy 6. Carneades and the Later Sceptical Academy 7. Secession: The `Fourth Academy' and Aenesidemus 8. The Scepticism of the Early Empire Book II 9. The Ten Modes of Scepticism 10. The Modes of Agrippa 11. The Criterion, Signs and Proof 12. Causes and Explanation 13. Scepticism in the Medical Schools 14. Sceptical Physics and Metaphysics 15. The Liberal Arts 16. Sceptical Ethics 17. The Sceptical Attitude 18. The Sceptic Way of Life Biographical Appendix Glossary Bibliography
R.J. Hankinson
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