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  • Sextus Empiricus

    by Richard Bett ...
    Sextus Empiricus' Against the Physicists examines numerous topics central to ancient Greek inquiries into the nature of the physical world, covering subjects such as god, cause and effect, whole and part, bodies, place, motion, time, number, coming into being and perishing and is the most extensive surviving treatment of these topics by an ancient Greek sceptic. Sextus scrutinizes the theories of ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • How to Be a Pyrrhonist

    The Practice and Significance of Pyrrhonian Skepticism

    by Richard Bett ...
    What was it like to be a practitioner of Pyrrhonist skepticism? This important volume brings together for the first time a selection of Richard Bett's essays on ancient Pyrrhonism, allowing readers a better understanding of the key aspects of this school of thought. The volume examines Pyrrhonism's manner of self-presentation, including its methods of writing, its desire to show how special it is, ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Enemies of Intelligence

    Knowledge and Power in American National Security

    by Richard Betts ...
    The tragic events of September 11, 2001, and the false assessment of Saddam Hussein's weapons arsenal were terrible reminders that good information is essential to national security. These failures convinced the American public that their intelligence system was broken and prompted a radical reorganization of agencies and personnel, but as Richard K. Betts argues in this book, critics and ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines

    Translated with introduction and notes

    by Richard Bett ...
    Against Those in the Disciplines (Pros Mathêmatikous, also known by the abbreviated title M 1-6) deals with six specialized fields of study: grammar, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astrology, and music. In sceptical fashion, it questions the credentials of those who claim to have expert knowledge in these fields. It is the least well known of Sextus Empiricus' works, mainly because its subject ... Read more

    $75.59 USD

  • American Force

    Dangers, Delusions, and Dilemmas in National Security

    by Richard Betts ...
    Series series A Council on Foreign Relations Book
    While American national security policy has grown more interventionist since the Cold War, Washington has also hoped to shape the world on the cheap. Misled by the stunning success against Iraq in 1991, administrations of both parties have pursued ambitious aims with limited force, committing the country's military frequently yet often hesitantly, with inconsistent justification. These ventures ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • How to Keep an Open Mind

    An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic

    by Sextus Empiricus, Richard Bett ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    How ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility by learning to suspend judgmentAlong with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy that claim to offer a way of living as well as thinking. How to Keep an Open Mind provides an unmatched introduction to skepticism by presenting a fresh, modern translation of key passages from the ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Military Readiness

    Concepts, Choices, Consequences

    by Richard K. Betts ...
    Throughout most of American history, U.S. military forces proved unready for the wars that were thrust upon them and suffered costly reverses in early battles. During the Cold War, for the first time, U.S. defense policy tried to maintain high readiness in peacetime. But now, with the Cold War over and defense budgets falling, what will happen to U.S. military forces? Will they revert to a state ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Nuclear Blackmail and Nuclear Balance

    by Richard K. Betts ...
    In numerous crises after World War II-Berlin, Korea, the Taiwan Straits, and the Middle East-the United States resorted to vague threats to use nuclear weapons in order to deter Soviet or Chinese military action. On a few occasions the Soviet Union also engaged in nuclear saber-ratling. Using declassified documents and other sources, this volume examines those crises and compares the ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • Surprise Attack

    Lessons for Defense Planning

    by Richard K. Betts ...
    Long before Germany's blitzkrieg swept the West, European leaders had received many signals of its imminence. Stalin, too, had abundant warning of German designs on Russia but believed that by avoiding ""provocative"" defensive measures he could avert the attack that finally came in June 1941. And the stories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Korean War, and three Arab-Israeli conflicts ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism

    Edited by Richard Bett ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    This volume offers a comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools, and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world. The contributors examine the major developments chronologically and historically, ranging from the early antecedents of scepticism to the Pyrrhonist tradition. They address the central philosophical and interpretive problems surrounding the sceptics' ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

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    How to Keep an Open Mind

    An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic

    by Sextus Empiricus, Richard Bett ...
    Narrated by Tom Parks ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

    Unabridged

    2 hours 27 min

    How ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility by learning to suspend judgmentAlong with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy that claim to offer a way of living as well as thinking. How to Keep an Open Mind provides an unmatched introduction to skepticism by presenting a fresh, modern translation of key passages from the ... Read more

    Was $19.99 USD Now $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Irony of Vietnam

    The System Worked

    by Leslie H. Gelb ...
    Few analysts of U.S. involvement in Vietnam would agree with the provocative conclusion of this book. The thesis of most postmortems is that the United States lost the war because of the failure of its foreign policy decisionmaking system. According to Gelb and Betts, however, the foreign policy failed, but the decisionmaking system worked. They attribute this paradox to the efficiency of the ... Read more

    $25.69 USD