LUCRETIUS AGAINST SCEPTICS

• Authors: Wciorka Wojciech
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In 'De rerum natura' (4.469n) Lucretius gives a brief argument against the thesis of 'global' scepticism (i.e. that nothing is, or could be, known) which in his view is self-refuting. The paper presents a detailed analysis of the passage and puts it in a historical context. It is tentatively shown that, pace some modern commentators, the objection could hardly be regarded as aimed at Metrodorus of Chios, a forerunner of Hellenistic scepticism.

Keywords

EN

'GLOBAL' SCEPTICISM; LUCRETIUS

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Warsaw University, Institute of Philosophy, Institute of Polish Literature and Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
• Journal: Przegląd Filozoficzno-Literacki
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1(19)
• Pages: 107-116
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Wciorka Wojciech

• Wojciech Wciorka, for postal address contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA067712