The paper examines whether Gorgias’ On What Is Not should be considered an instance of skepticism. It begins with an analysis of the work as reported by the two sources, Sextus Empiricus and the anonymous author of On Melissus, Xenophanes and Gorgias. It is then argued that the Pyrrhonian skeptics did not regard On What Is Not as skeptical. Nonetheless, it is possible to read the work as offering counter-arguments to Parmenides, with a view to inducing suspension of judgment in Pyrrhonian fashion. However, it is also possible to regard it as skeptical in a sense current in modern philosophy: that is, as posing challenges to our understanding of things with a view to forcing philosophers to come up with better theories. In this light, it can be seen as an important stimulus to the philosophical breakthroughs apparent in Plato’s Sophist.

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高尔吉亚的 Περὶ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος 及其与怀疑论的关系

这篇论文考察了高尔吉亚斯的《论什么不是》是否应该被视为怀疑论的一个例子。它首先对两个来源报告的工作进行了分析，Sextus Empiricus 和 On Melissus、Xenophanes 和 Gorgias 的匿名作者。然后有人争辩说，皮浪的怀疑论者并不认为《论什么不是》是怀疑论者。尽管如此，还是可以将这部作品解读为向巴门尼德提出反驳，以期以皮浪主义的方式诱导中止判断。然而，也可以将其视为现代哲学中某种意义上的怀疑论：也就是说，它对我们对事物的理解提出了挑战，以迫使哲学家提出更好的理论。从这个角度来看，它可以被视为对柏拉图的智者中明显的哲学突破的重要刺激。