Carneades (/kɑrˈniːədiːz/; Greek: Καρνεάδης Karneadēs of Carnea; 214/3–129/8 BC) was an Academic skeptic born in Cyrene. By the year 159 BC he had started to refute all previous dogmatic doctrines especially Stoicism and even the Epicureans whom previous skeptics had spared. As head of the Academy he was one of three philosophers sent to Rome in 155 BC where his lectures on the uncertainty of justice caused consternation among the leading politicians.
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