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71Philo of Larissa — Philo or Philon (Φίλων) of Larissa (159/158 84/83 BC) was a Greek philosopher of the first half of the 1st century BC. He was a pupil of Clitomachus, whom he succeeded as head of the Academy. During the Mithradatic wars which would see the… …
72Timon (philosopher) — Timon ( el. Τίμων) of Phlius, (c. 320 c. 230 BC), the son of Timarchus, was a Greek sceptic, a pupil of Pyrrho, and a celebrated writer of satirical poems called Silloi ( el. σίλλοι). LifeA fairly full account of Timon s life was given by… …
73Gustav Landauer — (7 April 1870 in Karlsruhe, Germany mdash; 2 May 1919 in Munich, Germany) was one of the leading theorists on anarchism in Germany in the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. He was an advocate of communist anarchism and an… …
74Antiochus of Ascalon — Antiochus ( el. Άντίοχος ὁ Ἀσκαλώνιος), of Ascalon, (lived c. 130 68 BC), was an Academic philosopher. He was a pupil of Philo of Larissa at the Academy, but he diverged from the scepticism of Philo and his predecessors. He was a teacher of… …
75French philosophy — French philosophy, here taken to mean philosophy in French language, has been extremely diverse and has influenced both the analytic and continental traditions in philosophy for centuries, from René Descartes through Voltaire and Henri Bergson to …
76Climate change denial — This article is about campaigns to undermine public confidence in scientific opinion on climate change. For challenges to the scientific consensus, see global warming controversy. Climate change denial is a term used to describe organized… …
77Peter K. Unger — (* 1942) ist ein US amerikanischer Philosoph und Professor an der New York University. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind die Metaphysik, Erkenntnistheorie, Ethik und die Philosophie des Geistes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Studium 2 Positionen …
78Sextus Empiricus — (griechisch Σέξτος Ἐμπειρικός, Sextos Empeirikós) war ein Arzt und Philosoph im 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr., der mehrere Werke in griechischer Sprache verfasst hat. Sextus Empiricus war ein Vertreter des Pyrrhonismus …
79Cause — • Cause, as the correlative of effect, is understood as being that which in any way gives existence to, or contributes towards the existence of, any thing; which produces a result; to which the origin of any thing is to be ascribed Catholic… …
80Pyrrhonism — • A system of skepticism founded by the Greek philosopher Pyrrho Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pyrrhonism Pyrrhonism † …
