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Carneades (c. 214-129 B.C.) Innate around Cyrene, North Africa. Carneades was a radical doubter & the number one of the philosophers to pronounce the failure of metaphysicians world health organization endeavored to discover rational meanings inside religious beliefs. Per period of 159 B.C. he got began to refute entirely former dogmatical ism, especially Stoicism, and possibly a Epicureans whom previous skeptic got spared.
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Biography.com: Carneades
Very short biography of this later Platonic thinker.
Plutarch: Carneades' Visit to Rome
The Roman historian's account of this Greek philosopher's visit to Rome, during which he argued opposite sides of an argument on successive days, incurring Roman disgust. From the Ancient History Sourcebook.
Carneades
Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, noting Carneades' contribution to the discourse of the time, and his criterion of plausibility.
Carneades
Very short biographical article from the 2001 Columbia Encyclopedia.
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