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Book Title: Outlines of Pyrrhonism
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Sextus Empiricus
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Epistemology, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Logic
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication Year: 1990
Genre: Philosophy
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
