Outlines of Pyrrhonism Sextus Empiricus Author:Sextus Empiricus, R. G. Bury Through history, philosophers have sought to define, understand, and delineate concepts important to human well-being. One such concept is "knowledge". Many philosophers believed that absolute, certain knowledge is possible--that the physical world and ideas formulated about it could be given solid foundations unaffected by the varieties of mere... more » opinion. This book explores this theory as set forth by Sextus Empiricus, founder of the "skeptic" school of thought. (From the Great Books in Philosophy series.)« less