Sextus Empiricus Against the Ethicists (Adversus Mathematicos XI) [Hardcover]

This volume contains a new translation of Against the Ethicists, together with an introduction and extensive commentary. Those who have discussed this work in the past have tended to underestimate it, regarding its main position as essentially the same as that of Sextus's better-known Outlines of Pyrrhonism. Richard Bett shows that this text proposes a distinct and previously unnoticed philosophical outlook, associated with a phase of Pyrrhonian Scepticism earlier than Sextus himself.

Bett's careful translation . . . ought to be the main English translation consulted. . . . Judicious and learned . . . Bett's work is a distinguished addition to the literature on skepticism. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review

A first rate production, which should be taken as a model for future members of its genre. --Journal of Hellenic Studies This translation and commentary...will certainly become the standard edition of this important text for the foreseeable future. --Manuscrito It would be appropriate for anyone interested in skepticism, whether ancient or modern, to use this careful and useful book. --Philosophical Review

TheClarendon Ancient Philosophersseries continues with Richard Bett's excellent translation of and commentary on Sextus Empiricus,Against the Ethicists. . . [a] detailed and informative treatment of the book . . . An impressive contribution to the subject. --Phronesis