Arcesilaus

It is the celebrated cup of Arcesilaus, which is preserved in the collection of the library of Richelieu street after having figured in the Durand

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When Plato died, leadership of the Academy was passed to his nephew Speusippus, who was later followed by Sceptics such as Arcesilaus and Carneades.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

When Plato died, leadership of the Academy was passed to his nephew Speusippus, who was later followed by Sceptics such as Arcesilaus and Carneades.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

When Plato died, leadership of the Academy was passed to his nephew Speusippus, who was later followed by Sceptics such as Arcesilaus and Carneades.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

Atticus however presents Plato as the one who unifies philosophy by putting together its parts, while he also makes Aristotle, rather than Arcesilaus, resemble the cuttle fish, in order to highlight the former's obscurity and hence dismiss Aristotle's philosophy.

Numenius Karamanolis, George 2009

It is possible that he had some influence on the form of scepticism adopted by Arcesilaus and other members of the Academy; the extent to which this is so is disputed and difficult to assess.

Picnic 2009

Like any skepticism, Arcesilaus 'philosophy is plausible only if there is some way to reconcile it with our apparent need to accept some kind of belief (and choose between alternative beliefs) in day to day affairs.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

According to this interpretation, Arcesilaus and Carneades adopted a purely negative stance and do not commit themselves to anything.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

This account of Academic skepticism maintains that Arcesilaus and Carneades only constructed arguments against others points of view, and did not endorse skeptical doctrines or the positive philosophies which Sextus (a rival skeptic) attributes to them.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

Commentators who see Arcesilaus as a purely negative, ad hominem dialectician suggest that Arcesilaus did not actually endorse such views, and only forwarded them as a possible alternative to the standard Stoic reliance on cataleptic impressions (an alternative which arguably follows from the Stoics 'own assumptions).

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008