Arcesilaus
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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 John Dunlop
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 John Dunlop
There were eight rulers of the family founded by him, bearing alternately the names Battus and Arcesilaus.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
The following description of this vase is given in the catalogue of the Durand Museum: The King Arcesilaus is seated under a pavilion upon the deck of a ship.
The philosophical enmity of the two contemporaries, Timon and Arcesilaus, the Academician who had most in common with Pyrrhonism, is an expression of the fundamental incompatibility between the two schools.
From Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Mary Mills Patrick
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