Le Contre les géomètres de Sextus Empiricus
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9367992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard Vitrac (1Centre Louis Gernet, 2 Rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris, France, Email: [email protected], corresponding author), Guillaume Dye (0000-0001-9005-6339, 2Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Faculté de philosophie et lettres, avenue FD Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium, Email: [email protected]) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-203 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phronesis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8868 • E-ISSN: 1568-5284 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852809x403621 |
| OpenAlex | W1983300849 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
In this paper, we examine Sextus Empiricus' treatise Against the geometers. We first set this treatise in the overall context of the sceptic's polemics against the liberal arts. After a discussion of Sextus' attitude to the quadrivium, we discuss the structure, the sources and the target of the Against the geometers. It appears that Euclid is not Sextus' source, and neither he, nor the professional geometers, seem to be Sextus' main targets. Of course, Sextus never really makes clear his precise target, but his attacks are rather directed against geometry as a means of modelling the physical world, thus ruining the support geometry was intended to bring to the physical part of dogmatic philosophy
Ancient philosophy · Art · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Literature · Skepticism · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Philosophy and Science · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2013 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |