Carneades

[kahr-nee-uh-deez]

noun

214?–129? b.c., Greek philosopher.

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Historical Examples of carneades

So Arcesilas may be supposed to have said, and so Carneades laid down the law.
The Life of Cicero
Anthony Trollope
Cicero repeated his reasoning, and tells us it had been also employed by Carneades, De Nat.
Theism
Robert Flint
Carneades is usually considered the greatest of the Academic Sceptics.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy
W. T. Stace
But the contrary doctrine of Carneades and the Sophists would not down.
Concerning Justice
Lucilius A. Emery
But how will you get rid of the objections which Carneades made?
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations
Marcus Tullius Cicero