Augustine and Academic SkepticismAmong the most important, but frequently neglected, figures in the history of debates over skepticism is Augustine of Hippo (354430 CE). His early dialogue, Against the Academics, together with substantial material from his other writings, constitutes a sustained attempt to respond to the tradition of skepticism with which he was familiar. This was the tradition of Academic skepticism, which had its home in Plato's Academy and was transmitted to the