Astrology was criticized by Hellenistic philosophers such as the Academic Skeptic Carneades and Middle Stoic Panaetius.

He was struck with horror, along with many other Romans of the graver stamp, at the licence of the Bacchanalian mysteries, which he attributed to the influence of Greek manners ; and he vehemently urged the dismissal of the philosophers ( Carneades, Diogenes, and Critolaus ), who came as ambassadors from Athens, on account of the dangerous nature of the views expressed by them.

Nothing survives of his writings, which were dedicated to making known the views of Carneades, but Cicero made use of them for some of his works.

His main object in writing them was to make known the philosophy of his master Carneades, from whose views he never dissented.

He seems to have closely followed the views of Chrysippus, especially on dialectic, in which he is said to have instructed Carneades.

It was still largely skeptical, denying the possibility of knowing an absolute truth ; both Arcesilaus and Carneades believed that they were maintaining a genuine tenet of Plato.

He was an Academic sceptic, like Clitomachus and Carneades before him, but he offered a more moderate view of scepticism than that of his teachers, permitting provisional beliefs without certainty.

This view is known as Pyrrhonian skepticism, as distinguished from Academic skepticism, as practiced by Carneades, which, according to Sextus, denies knowledge altogether.

Book i., on the other hand, in which the philosopher Carneades, who died in 128, is spoken of as dead, must have been written after the death of Scipio.

Carneades is described as a man of unwearied industry.

Carneades, depicted as a medieval scholar in the Nuremberg Chronicle, where he is called " Carmeides ".

Carneades is known as an Academic skeptic.

Carneades left no writings, and all that is known of his lectures is derived from his intimate friend and pupil, Clitomachus ; but so true was he to his own principles of withholding assent, that Clitomachus confesses he never could ascertain what his master really thought on any subject.

Again, sensations are not single, but generally combined with others, which either confirm or contradict them ; and the greater this combination the greater is the probability of that being true which the rest combine to confirm ; and the case in which the greatest number of conceptions, each in themselves apparently most true, should combine to affirm that which also in itself appears most true, would present to Carneades the highest probability, and his nearest approach to truth.

He is said to have been a pupil of the linguist Crates of Mallus, who taught in Pergamum, and moved to Athens where he attended the lectures of Critolaus and Carneades, but attached himself principally to the Stoic Diogenes of Babylon and his disciple Antipater of Tarsus.

It has been suggested that it may actually be the work of an early skeptic writer, possibly Carneades.

) and Carneades ( c. 213-129 B. C.

* Carneades, philosopher, and founder of Third Academy ( b. c. 214 BC )

* Carneades of Cyrene moves to Athens to found the third or new Academy.

Cyrene was the birthplace of Eratosthenes and there are a number of philosophers associated with the city including Aristippus, the founder of the School of Cyrene, and his successor daughter Arete, Callimachus, Carneades, Ptolemais of Cyrene, and Synesius, a bishop of Ptolemais in the 4th century AD.

The idea of the philosopher's beard gained traction when in 155 BCE three philosophers arrived in Rome as Greek diplomats: Carneades, head of the Platonic Academy ; Critolaus of Aristotle's Lyceum ; and the head of the Stoics Diogenes of Babylon.

Well known eclectics in Greek philosophy were the Stoics Panaetius and Posidonius, and the New Academics Carneades and Philo of Larissa.

Audomarus Talaeus ( Omer Talon c. 1510 – 1581 ), a close ally of Ramus, had indeed published a work in 1548 derived from Cicero's description of Academic scepticism, the school of Arcesilaus and Carneades.

This view was held by the skeptics of the New Academy ( see skepticism and Carneades.

Carneades, another student, established the New Academy.

He knew Greek, and in 155 interpreted for Carneades, Diogenes, and Critolaus, who had come to the Roman Senate on an embassy from Athens.

Although traditionally ascribed to Epicurus, it has been suggested that it may actually be the work of an early skeptic writer, possibly Carneades.

Carneades (, " of Carnea "; 214 / 3-129 / 8 BC ) was an Academic skeptic born in Cyrene.

Carneades, the son of Epicomus or Philocomiis, was born at Cyrene, North Africa in 214 / 3 BC.

Carneades lived twenty-seven years after this at Athens.

Carneades was succeeded, in his old age ( 137 / 6 BC ), by his namesake Carneades, son of Polemarchus, but the younger Carneades died 131 / 0 BC and was succeeded by Crates of Tarsus.

Sometimes the group criticized Gianfranco Fini for his liberal views on abortion, artificial insemination and stem-cell research, which led some notable ex-DC members as Publio Fiori to leave the party.

In the State of Israel, however, Pasternak's novel was sharply criticized for its assimilationist views towards toward the Jewish people.

Other feminists have criticized these radical feminist views as being anti-men, though some radical feminists reject this portrayal of their views.

" Such views of the Second Vatican Council were condemned by the Church's hierarchy, and the works of theologians who were active in the Council or who closely adhered to the Council's aspect of reform ( such as Hans Küng ) have often been criticized by the Church for espousing a belief system that is radical and misguided.

These views are criticized by William G. Dever, Helga Weippert, André Lemaire and Amnon Ben-Tor.

Two-party systems have been criticized for downplaying alternative views, and putting a damper on debate within a nation.

Dembski's remarks were criticized by other members of the Baylor faculty, who protested that they were both an unjustified attack on his critics at Baylor and a false assertion that the university endorsed Dembski's controversial views on intelligent design.

While premiering a TV series in January 2009, Hanks called supporters of Proposition 8 " un-American " and criticized the LDS ( Mormon ) church members, who were major proponents of the bill, for their views on marriage and their role in supporting the bill.

These views have been criticized on the grounds that they are actually atheism, which has only been made palatable to Jews by rewriting the dictionary.

Both Dollard's and Abraham's views have been criticized for not considering proper context in which the Dozens is used.

However, such views are largely criticized or dismissed in mainstream Western scholarship of the practice.

In 1908, Lenin wrote a philosophical work, Materialism and Empirio-Criticism ( published 1909 ), in which he criticized Machism and the views of " Russian Machists ".

His views on special treatment followed from classical liberal roots which are based on the principles that each person has the right to bodily and mental self-ownership and the right to be free from violence from others, although he criticized the " Free World " as well as the communist states for their use of psychiatry and " drogophobia ".

His views had been criticized by Gottfried Leibniz with whom he exchanged letters, later published in a book as Negotium otiosum seu σκιαμαχία ( 1720 ).

Farrakhan has been both praised and widely criticized for his often controversial political views and outspoken rhetorical style.

These views are strongly criticized by William G. Dever, Helga Weippert, Amihai Mazar and Amnon Ben-Tor.

" Delderfield pointed out in this autobiography that he'd been criticized for his very conventional views of women's social roles.

Hovind's views are contradicted by scientific evidence and some of his ideas have also been criticized by young Earth creationist organizations such as Answers in Genesis.

" Nagel's views on ID have been criticized by the scientific community.

Nan Huaijin, a major figure in modern Chinese Buddhism and Chán, has criticized what he views as modern nihilistic interpretations of the doctrine of anatta.

However popular such views may have become, others have criticized this view suggesting there were no such ribats around the Outremer until after the military orders had been founded.

Fearful of Communist gains in Vietnam, Spellman had urged American intervention since late 1954, but by the 1960s his views were strongly criticized by antiwar activists and even his fellow religious leaders.

After the article appeared, Sandoval's stepfather and sister called into Houston talk radio station KSEV and said that a sentence alleging " President Bush's failure to find weapons of mass destruction " in Iraq misrepresented their views on the war and President George W. Bush, that Wall had pressured them for a quotation that criticized Bush, and that the line alleging Bush's " failure " was included against the wishes of the family.