Arcesilaus
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As Arcesilaus renounced all pretensions to the certain determination of any question, he was chiefly employed in examining and refuting the sentiments of others.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
But Arcesilaus went farther and denied the possibility of even the Socratic minimum of certainty: ``I cannot know even whether I know or not.''
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The kings henceforth bore alternately the names Battus and Arcesilaus, of which the first is said to be simply the native Libyan word for “king”: the latter is, of course, Greek.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Arcesilaus denied that truth could be ascertained by their assistance, because there is no criterion by which to distinguish false and delusive objects from such as are real.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
And Arcesilaus forbade Bato his school, 166when he wrote a line in one of his plays against Cleanthes, and only got reconciled with him after he repented and made his peace with Cleanthes.
From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard
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