The authoritative treatment of the theme of skepticism and its historical impact
This is the third edition of a book first published in 1960. In this updated version, Popkin has added three new chapters, one on Savonarola, one on Henry More and Ralph Cudworth, and one on Pascal.
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The authoritative treatment of the theme of skepticism and its historical impact
This is the third edition of a book first published in 1960. In this updated version, Popkin has added three new chapters, one on Savonarola, one on Henry More and Ralph Cudworth, and one on Pascal.
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This is a thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Richard Popkin's classic The History of Scepticism, first published in 1960, revised in 1979, and since translated into numerous foreign languages.This authoritative work of historical scholarship has been revised throughout, including new material on: the introduction of ancient skepticism into Renaissance Europe; the role of Savonarola and his disciples in bringing Sextus Empiricusto the attention of European thinkers; and new material on Henry More, Blaise Pascal, Thomas Hobbes, Baruch Spinoza, Nicolas Malebranche, G.W. Leibniz, Simon Foucher and Pierre-Daniel Huet, and Pierre Bayle.The bibliography has also been updated.
Critic Reviews
“The present volume will take its place as a masterpiece that will continue to provoke controversy and further research in the foreseeable future.”
"One of the aspects that makes Popkin's book (and his work in general) of special value is its taking into consideration major and minor thinkers whose views are not well-known."--Phil. Jahrbuch"I regard it as one of the seminal books in the history of ideas."--Miles Burnyeat, All Souls, Oxford University"Richard H. Popkin's path-finding work on the history of scepticism has made a deep and lasting impression on the study of early modern philosophy."--The Times Literary Supplement
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Richard H. Popkin is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, Adjunct Professor f History and Philosophy at UCLA, and editor of the Columbia History of Western Philosophy.
This is a thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Richard Popkin's classic The History of Scepticism, first published in 1960, revised in 1979, and since translated into numerous foreign languages.This authoritative work of historical scholarship has been revised throughout, including new material on: the introduction of ancient skepticism into Renaissance Europe; the role of Savonarola and his disciples in bringing Sextus Empiricus to the attention of European thinkers; and new material on Henry More, Blaise Pascal, Thomas Hobbes, Baruch Spinoza, Nicolas Malebranche, G.W. Leibniz, Simon Foucher and Pierre-Daniel Huet, and Pierre Bayle. The bibliography has also been updated.
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