Arcesilaus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...ARCESILAUS arses ila s, c.316 c.241 b.c., Greek philosopher of Pitane in Aeolis. He was the principal figure of the...knowledge, he took a position comparable to that of the Skeptics (see skepticism ). He argued that knowledge and opinion...Carneades and his school. See A. A. Long, The Hellenistic Philosophers (2 vol. 1987...