Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-218) and index.
Contents
"The spirit of blindness and error dooth seduce them" : The Skepticism of Reginald Scot -- "The mayster of all essentiall and true knowledge" : Thomas Harriot in the New World -- "Religion hides many things from suspicion" : Christopher Marlowe's Skepticism -- "And that's true too" : Skepticism in King Lear and Timon of Athens.