Transcriber’s Note

The original of this text was not edited as carefully as it could have been. As a result, for this e-text quite a number of changes have been made. These are based on comparison with other editions of the same work and with the original Greek text.

List of changes made:

[Table of Contents], swapped positions of “Preface” and “Introduction”

[Table of Contents], “Zenophon” changed to “Xenophon”

[Page 7], “apophthegmns” changed to “apophthegms” (apophthegms in enigmatical language)

[Page 12], “Pyhrronean” changed to “Pyrrhonean” (the Pyrrhonean is repudiated by many writers)

[Page 14], “Focus” changed to “Phocus” (Phocus the Samian)

[Page 16], “Bathydes” changed to “Bathycles” twice (of the name of Bathycles / the son of Bathycles)