Synopses & Reviews
This book reconstructs the Cyrenaic theory of knowledge.
Table of Contents
Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Knowledge and the good life: the ethical motivation of the Cyrenaic views on knowledge; Part I. Subjectivism: 2. The nature of the pathe; 3. The vocabulary of the pathe; 4. The apprehension of the pathe; 5. The criticism of Aristocles of Messene; Part II. Scepticism: 6. The causes of the pathe: objects in the world; 7. Our ignorance of other minds; 8. Some remarks on language; Part III. Subjectivism, Empiricism, Relativism: Cyrenaics, Epicureans, Protagoreans: 9. Cyrenaic subjectivism and the Epicurean doctrine that all perceptions are true: Plutarch, Adv. Col. 1120f 1121e; 10. Cyrenaic epistemology and Protagorean relativism: some considerations; 11. The Socratic connection; Appendix: sources and testimonies; References; Index of names; Index locorum; Subject index.