scepticism
121Idea — • The word was originally Greek, but passed without change into Latin. It seems first to have meant form, shape, or appearance, whence, by an easy transition, it acquired the connotation of nature, or kind Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …
122Philosophy — • Detailed article on the history of the love of wisdom Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Philosophy Philosophy † …
123Religious Indifferentism — Religious Indifferentism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Indifferentism The term given, in general, to all those theories, which, for one reason or another, deny that it is the duty of man to worship God by believing and… …
124Media coverage of climate change — has significant effects on public opinion on climate change,[1] as it mediates the scientific opinion on climate change that the global instrumental temperature record shows increase in recent decades and that the trend is caused mainly by human… …
125Charmadas — (griechisch Χαρμάδας Charmádas; * wohl 168/167 v. Chr.; † zwischen 102 und 91 v. Chr.) war ein antiker griechischer Philosoph. Er gehörte der Platonischen Akademie in Athen an. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Lehrtätigkeit 3 …
126Jonathan Barnes — FBA (* 1942) ist ein britischer Philosoph und Philosophiehistoriker analytischer Ausrichtung und einer der führenden Spezialisten für die antike Philosophie. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Forschungsschwerpunkte 3 Schriften (Aus …
127Aenesidemus of Cnossos — (1st c. BC) Sceptical philosopher and defender of Pyrrhonism, for the most part known through his influence on Sextus Empiricus, and through the account of his teaching in Diogenes Laertius . A radical, he broke away from the Academy to return to …
128Bayle, Pierre — (1647–1706) French philosopher and sceptic. Born of Protestant parents in the south west of France, Bayle was educated at Toulouse, became Catholic, lapsed, fled to Geneva, and then became professor in the Protestant academy at Sedan in northern… …
