Description
Sextus Empiricus, the exponent of scepticism and critic of the Dogmatists, was a Greek physician and philosopher, pupil and successor of the medical sceptic Herodotus (not the historian) of Tarsus. He probably lived for years in Rome and possibly also in Alexandria and Athens.
His three surviving works are 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism', 'Against the Dogmatists' and 'Against the Professors'. These two latter works might be called a general criticism of professors of all arts and sciences.
Sextus's work is a valuable source for the history of thought especially because of his development and formulation of former sceptic doctrines. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Sextus Empiricus is in four volumes.
His three surviving works are 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism', 'Against the Dogmatists' and 'Against the Professors'. These two latter works might be called a general criticism of professors of all arts and sciences.
Sextus's work is a valuable source for the history of thought especially because of his development and formulation of former sceptic doctrines. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Sextus Empiricus is in four volumes.
