The Toils of ScepticismIn the works of Sextus Empiricus, scepticism is presented in its most elaborate and challenging form. This book investigates both from an exegetical and from a philosophical point of view the chief argumentative forms which ancient scepticism developed. Thus the particular focus is on the Agrippan aspect of Sextus' Pyrrhonism. Barnes gives a lucid explanation and analysis of these arguments, both individually and as constituent parts of a sceptical