Download or read book The Politics of Skepticism in the Ancients, Montaigne, Hume, and Kant written by John Christian Laursen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1992 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings out the profound influence of the tradition of philosophical skepticism on political thought. Beginning with the political implications of the ideas of the ancient skeptics, it moves ahead to the role of skepticism in the political thought of three early modern founders of liberalism as we know it today, Montaigne, Hume, and Kant.