
HoP 072 - Raphael Woolf on Cicero
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Politics of Skepticism
Ravenwolf: It sounds like Cicero's academic skepticism inspired by Fylo of Larissa would be more along the lines of saying, well, for us, since we're in our culture, we shouldn't have sex in public. He says both theories are right because that's what a good ethical theory does. Ravenwolf: Part of what determines what's plausible for you is, of course, going to be your background beliefs and values.
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