Carneades

[ kahr-nee-uh-deez ]

/ kɑrˈni əˌdiz /

214?–129? b.c., Greek philosopher.

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On the one side Carneades leans to scepticism, on the other he accepts probability as his guide.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)|John William Draper
He made it his business to spread the knowledge of the doctrines of Carneades, who left nothing in writing himself.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
Carneades is usually considered the greatest of the Academic Sceptics.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy|W. T. Stace
Carneades attacked the very idea of a God at once infinite and an individual.
A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations|Joseph Mazzini Wheeler

This Carneades ought not to be even listened to by our young men.
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations|Marcus Tullius Cicero