Augustine, Epicurus, and external world skepticism

Augustine's Contra Acad. is opposed to the sort of Epicurian skepticism described by Cicero in the De natura deorum (1,25,69-1,26,74), and the account of it is far from the radical Pyrrhonian skepticism that many take to be the purest, most defensible sort of skepticism. Drawing upon his theory of i...

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Author:Charles Bolyard
Published: S.n., s.l., 2006
Volume:44
Pages:157-168
Periodical:Journal of the History of Philosophy
Number:2
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Epicurism > Epicurism
- Works > Dialogues / Early works > Contra Academicos > Topics > Search for certainty
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Exposés d'ensemble] > Knowledge > [Connaissance humaine]
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Doute. Certitude] > [Doute/scepticisme] > [Contra Academicos]
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Illumination. Idées] > Illumination
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Summary:Augustine's Contra Acad. is opposed to the sort of Epicurian skepticism described by Cicero in the De natura deorum (1,25,69-1,26,74), and the account of it is far from the radical Pyrrhonian skepticism that many take to be the purest, most defensible sort of skepticism. Drawing upon his theory of illumination, Augustine provides the grounds for certainty for all human knowledge.