Timon of Phlius : Pyrrhonism into poetry /

Early Skepticism and its founder, Pyrrho of Elis, were introduced to the world by the poet and philosopher Timon of Phlius. This is the first book-length study of Timons work in English, and includes a new reconstruction of his most influential poem Silloi . All of the extant fragments are translate...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clayman, Dee L.
Other Authors: Timon, of Phlius, approximately 320 B.C.-approximately 230 B.C
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2009.
Series:Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; Bd. 98.
Subjects:
Timon, > of Phlius, > approximately 320 B.C.-approximately 230 B.C.
Pyrrhon, > of Elis.
Pyrrhon, > of Elis
Skeptics (Greek philosophy)
Sceptiques (Philosophie grecque)
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.
Pyrrhonismus
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1
  • The Lives of Timon and Pyrrho Chapter 2
  • Timon and Pyrrho: The Pytho and the Indalmoi Chapter 3
  • Timon's Silloi: Organization and Principle Fragments Chapter 4
  • The Silloi in its Literary Context Chapter 5
  • Timon's Reception in Hellenistic Literature Chapter 6
  • Skepticism in Hellenistic Literature Conclusion
  • An Aesthetics of Skepticism.

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