institution
the New Academy
also: Academia nova, novam Academiam, Academiam novam, the New Academy
The skeptical phase of the Academy inaugurated by Arcesilas and carried to Carneades, denying that anything can be known and withholding assent. Cicero defends it as in truth the old Academy, since Plato too affirmed nothing.
Reading notes
- Academica §46 the New Academy
The skeptical Academy of Arcesilas and Carneades, denying that anything can be known and withholding assent. Cicero argues it is in truth the old Academy, since Plato too affirmed nothing and argued every question on both sides.