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ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A SCEPTICAL TECHNĒ IN SEXTUS EMPIRICUS’ WORKS

Rodrigo Pinto de Brito

Autor
Rodrigo Pinto de Brito
Revista
Prometeus - Journal of Philosophy
Edição
11 / 28
Ano
2018
DOI
10.52052/issn.2176-5960.pro.v11i28.9270
Idioma
pt
2018Rodrigo Pinto de Brito. ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A SCEPTICAL TECHNĒ IN SEXTUS EMPIRICUS’ WORKS. Prometeus - Journal of Philosophy, v. 11, n. 28, 2018.1

Galen (129-216 A.D.) was a prolific writer, mostly important for the development of medicine. However he is not receiving the deserved attention by researchers in Lusophonic world. Here we aim to show why studying Galen’s De Sectis is useful as an external source for comprehending Sextus Empiricus and his empiricism, as well as his exhortation to live in accordance to the ordinary life. Furthermore, in two appendices (1) we offer the main primary sources, and (2) we display a chronology of the physicians mentioned in pseudo-Galen, Introd.14.683.5-14.684.5.