That Nothing is Known

This volume provides a critical edition of the original text, an English translation, a substantial introduction, and comprehensive annotation.

Francisco Sánchez (Author), Elaine Limbrick (Edited by), Douglas F. S. Thomson (Edited by)

9780521069526, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 July 2008

324 pages
22.7 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.553 kg

"D.F.S. Thomson, with his customary skill as a translator of Latin, catches the spirit and tone, and even renders the word play, of Sanches superbly. Elaine Limbrick, moreover, in her excellent introduction, places Sanches and his significance for the history of Renaissance and early modern philosophy in its proper perspective." 17th Century News

This is an edition of one of the crucial texts of Renaissance scepticism, Quod nihil scitur, by the Portuguese scholar Franciso Sanches. The treatise, first published in 1581, is a refutation of Aaristotelian dialectics and scientific theory in the search for a true scientific method. This volume provides a critical edition of the original text, an English translation, a substantial introduction, and comprehensive annotation.

Preface
Introduction
Qvod Nihil Scitvr
That Nothing Is Known
Bibliography
Index nominum.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy, from c 1900 - [HPCF]