SEXTUS EMPIRICUS. Pyrrhoniarum hypotyposeon libri III. Latin translation and notes by Henri Estienne. 288 pages. 8vo, 169x104 mm, late 17th-/early 18th-century sprinkled sheep gilt, bottom of spine chipped, covers slightly warped; worming in blank lower margins throughout, scattered minor marginal spotting, minor edgewear on C1 and C4.5. [Geneva]: Henricus Stephanus, 1562
scarce first edition of a work by a Greek philosopher active circa 200 A.D. summarizing the arguments of Pyrrhonian skepticism against the reliability of human knowledge and applying them to a critique of other schools of philosophy. Neglected during the Middle Ages, its rediscovery via Estienne's translation in the 16th century strongly influenced contemporary and later European philosophical and religious thought. The original Greek text was first published in 1621. GLN-2215; Hoffmann III, 394; Sarton I, 299; Schreiber 149.
