Outlines of Pyrrhonism

SextusEmpiricus(ca.160-210CE),exponentofscepticismandcriticoftheDogmatists,wasaGreekphysicianandphilosopher,pupilandsuccessorofthemedicalscepticHerodotus(notthehistorian)ofTarsus.HeprobablylivedforyearsinRomeandpossiblyalsoinAlexandriaandAthens.Histhreesurvivingworksare"'OutlinesofPyrrhonism'"(threebooksonthepracticalandethicalscepticismofPyrrhoofElis,ca.360-275BCE,asdevelopedlater,presentingalsoacaseagainsttheDogmatists);"'AgainsttheDogmatists'"(fivebooksdealingwiththeLogicians,thePhysicists,andtheEthicists);and"'AgainsttheProfessors'"(sixbooks:Grammarians,Rhetors,Geometers,Arithmeticians,Astrologers,andMusicians).Thesetwolatterworksmightbecalledageneralcriticismofprofessorsofallartsandsciences.Sextus'sworkisavaluablesourceforthehistoryofthoughtespeciallybecauseofhisdevelopmentandformulationofformerscepticdoctrines.TheLoebClassicalLibraryeditionofSextusEmpiricusisinfourvolumes.