Carneades
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Carneades is usually considered the greatest of the Academic Sceptics.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
His powerful reasoning excited among the Roman youth an enthusiasm for philosophical speculations, and the elder Cato insisted on Carneades and his companions being dismissed from the city.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
But since there is a great division of opinion as to what that consists in, we had better employ the division of Carneades, which our friend Antiochus prefers, and usually adopts.
From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke
Persuaded thus of the impossibility of philosophy, Carneades was led to recommend his theory of the probable.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
Carneades, practically a 5th-century sophist, is the most important of the ancient sceptics.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
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