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• Arcesilaus

  Arcesilaus ( c.316- c.240 BC) Arcesilaus of Pitane came to Athens as a young man, and was seduced by Platonic philosophy. Around 265 he became head of the Academy. He turned the school in a sceptical direction, urging thatPlato himself had been of a sceptical bent. He revived the Socratic practice of dialectical argument, in which hedisplayed remarkable logical skill and honeyed oratorical talent. His dialectical prowess led him to 'suspendjudgment about everything'; but the main targe...