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    Arcesilaus (/ˌɑːrsɛsɪˈleɪ.əs/; Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος; 316/5–241/0 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic philosopher. He was the founder of Academic Skepticism and what...
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  • Arcesilaus I of Cyrene (Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος; died 583 BC), also spelled Arkesilaos I, was the second Greek king of Cyrenaica and the second king of the Battiad...
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    the skeptical period of the Academy dating from around 266 BCE, when Arcesilaus became scholarch, until around 90 BCE, when Antiochus of Ascalon rejected...
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  • Arcesilaus (fl. 3rd century) was a Roman senator who was appointed consul in AD 267. Possibly of Greek descent, Arcesilaus was probably the grandson of...
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  • Arcesilaus (316/5–241/0 BC) was a Greek philosopher. Arcesilaus or Arkesilaos (/ˌɑːrsɛsɪˈleɪ.əs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος) is a Greek name (Arcesilaus...
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  • Arcesilaus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος) was a sculptor in the first century B.C, who, according to Pliny, was held in high esteem at Rome, was especially...
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  • Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene (Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος, flourished 5th century BC) was the eighth King of Cyrene and last king of the Battiad dynasty. He served as...
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  • Arcesilaus III of Cyrene (Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος, flourished 6th century BC) was the sixth Greek Cyrenaean King and was a member of the Battiad dynasty. He...
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    Faunis arcesilaus, the Indian faun is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family. This...
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    Arcesilaus II of Cyrene, surnamed the Oppressor, the Severe or the Harsh (Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος ὁ Χαλεπός, flourished 6th century BC), was the fourth Greek...
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    the head of the Old he put Plato, at the head of the Middle Academy, Arcesilaus, and of the New, Lacydes. Sextus Empiricus enumerated five divisions of...
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  • Arcesilaus (Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος) was one of Alexander the Great's generals. Following the death of Alexander, Arcesilaus was allotted Mesopotamia in the...
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    Sidon Philodemus Lucretius Diogenes of Oenoanda more... Academic Skeptic Arcesilaus Carneades Philo of Larissa Cicero more... Middle Platonic Antiochus Eudorus...
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    (Fabricius, 1775) Synonyms Papilio chorinaeus Fabricius, 1775 Papilio arcesilaus Sulzer, 1776 Caerois arcesilaë Hübner, [1819] Caerois arcesilae Hübner...
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    Sidon Philodemus Lucretius Diogenes of Oenoanda more... Academic Skeptic Arcesilaus Carneades Philo of Larissa Cicero more... Middle Platonic Antiochus Eudorus...
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    Papilio anaxilaus C. & R. Felder, 1865 Papilio arcesilaus Lucas, 1852 (preocc.) Eurytides arcesilaus Neographium anaxilaus (C. & R. Felder, 1865) Protographium...
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    "Great Kinds". Plato established the academy, and in the 3rd century BC, Arcesilaus adopted academic skepticism, which became a central tenet of the school...
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    Stoics insisted on knowledge-based ethics, Arcesilaus relied on Socratic ignorance. The Stoics' reply to Arcesilaus was that Socratic ignorance was part of...
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  • Arcesilaus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος) in Greek mythology, was a son of Lycus (or Areilycus) and Theobule, brother of Prothoenor, and was the leader of...
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  • Academy became the primary advocate of skepticism dating from around 266 BC,Arcesilaus became its head, until the mid-first century BCE. While early Academic...
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    Laërtius details this by recounting the following concerning the philosopher Arcesilaus: When he had gone to visit Ctesibius who was ill, seeing him in great...
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  • was Academic Skepticism, so-called because its two leading defenders, Arcesilaus (c. 315–240 BCE) who initiated the philosophy, and Carneades (c. 217–128 BCE)...
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    Sidon Philodemus Lucretius Diogenes of Oenoanda more... Academic Skeptic Arcesilaus Carneades Philo of Larissa Cicero more... Middle Platonic Antiochus Eudorus...
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    Pyrrhonist school embraced philosophical skepticism, and, starting with Arcesilaus, Plato's Academy also embraced skepticism in the form of Academic Skepticism...
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    Sidon Philodemus Lucretius Diogenes of Oenoanda more... Academic Skeptic Arcesilaus Carneades Philo of Larissa Cicero more... Middle Platonic Antiochus Eudorus...
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  • Greater (king of Salamis) Ajax the Lesser Alcimus Anticlus Antilochus Arcesilaus Ascalaphus Automedon Balius and Xanthus Bias Calchas (prophet) Diomedes...
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  • founder of Cyrene. Arcesilaus I (c. 600–583 BC), son of Battus I. Battus II "the Blessed" (c. 583–560 BC), son of Arcesilaus I. Arcesilaus II "the Cruel"...
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    Sidon Philodemus Lucretius Diogenes of Oenoanda more... Academic Skeptic Arcesilaus Carneades Philo of Larissa Cicero more... Middle Platonic Antiochus Eudorus...
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    defeated at the Battle of Irasa. According to Herodotus, conflict with king Arcesilaus II "the Cruel" (ca. 560-550 BC) led his brothers to leave the city and...
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    publisher (link) The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Vol I, A–Arcesilaus, London, George Woodfall and Son, 1847, p. 107. The Times, Thursday 9...
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