Definition of Scepsis

1. n. Skepticism; skeptical philosophy.

Definition of Scepsis

1. a philosophic doubt [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scepsis

scented fern
scented penstemon
scented wattle
scentful
scenthound
scenthounds
scenting
scentings
scentless
scentless camomile
scentless false camomile
scentless hayweed
scentless mayweed
scentlessness
scents
scepsis (current term)
scepsises
scepter
sceptered
scepterellate
sceptering
scepters
sceptic
sceptical
sceptically
scepticism
scepticisms
scepticist
sceptick
sceptics

Literary usage of Scepsis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Troas, Aeolis, and Lesbos by British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals, Warwick William Wroth (1894)
"Some of the silver coins and the bulk of the bronze belong to the period 400-310 BC About BC 400 scepsis was in the hands of Mania, and in 310 its ..."

2. Troja: Results of the Latest Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Homer by Heinrich Schliemann, Archibald Henry Sayce (1884)
"Neither he nor anyone else ever dreamed of setting up scepsis as Troy." What I said was this : That Aeneas was believed to have founded a dynasty in the ..."

3. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and by Henry Hallam (1882)
"A second edition, in 1665, considerably altered, is entitled scepsis Scientifica.k This edition has a dedication to the ..."

4. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and by Henry Hallam (1880)
"A second edition, in 166.1f, considerably altered, is entitled scepsis Scientifica.3 This edition has a dedication to the Royal Society, which comes in ..."

5. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and by Henry Hallam (1856)
"A second edition, in 1665, considerably altered, is entitled scepsis Scientifica.f This edition has a dedication to the Royal Society, which comes in place ..."

6. Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and by Henry Hallam (1864)
"A second edition, in 1665, considerably altered, is entitled scepsis Scientifica.b This edition has a dedication to the Royal Society, which comes in place ..."

7. Introduction to the literature of Europe in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and by Henry Hallam (1854)
"h Few books, I think, are more deserving of being reprinted than the scepsis Scientifica of Glanvil. 102. Another bold and able attack was made on the ..."

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