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Why we really can't know anything for sure

Why we really can't know anything for sure

Classical sources of toleration, part one: epistemology and skepticism. About the doubts of Xenofanes, Plato, Sokrates, Pyrrho, Sextus Empiricus, Cicero. And their rediscovery in the Renaissance.

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Kaj Jalving
Jan 14, 2023
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Introduction

In the Toleration Campaign, today, we’re starting with a new series: classical sources of toleration. Introducing epistemology and skepticism.

Nowadays’s concept of toleration did not exist in ancient times. It only acquired its current meaning since the Reformation. But of course, our understanding of toleration did not come out of the blue.…

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