Did Descartes Read Sextus’s Outlines of Pyrrhonism? A “Sceptical” Response (original) (raw)

The European Legacy, 2024

Abstract

Response invited by the journal editors to a paper appearing in the same volume, which argues for the influence of Sextus' 'Outlines' on Descartes' sceptical approach, philosophical methods and terminology. Contends that there is insufficient evidence to conclude that Descartes knew Sextus or the Outlines directly: motivations and import of Descartes' arguments are more different than any phrasing is similar, and apparent knowledge of Pyrrhonist scepticism on Descartes' part might have been derived from intermediary, secondary sources, including contemporaries and correspondents of Descartes.

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