TY - BOOK AU - Cicero,Marcus Tullius AU - Reid,James S. TI - Academica AV - PA PY - 2005/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Philosophy -- Early works to 1800 KW - Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academica_(Cicero); Release date is 2005-02-08; Produced by Ted Garvin, Keith Edkins and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Academica" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a philosophical work written in 45 BCE. This fragmentary text presents over 250 years of debates between Stoics and Academic Skeptics about the nature of knowledge and certainty. Written during personal turmoil following his daughter's death, Cicero uses dialogue format to champion Academic Skepticism against rival philosophical schools. The work survives in pieces from two editions, preserving ancient arguments about whether certain knowledge is possible and how we should approach truth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14970 ER -