Pyrrho

[ pir-oh ]

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Pyrrho

/ ˈpɪrəʊ /

Pyrrho?365 bc?275 bcMGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopher ?365–?275 bc , Greek philosopher; founder of scepticism. He maintained that true wisdom and happiness lie in suspension of judgment, since certain knowledge is impossible to attain

If the sophisms of Pyrrho and of the Academics are what annoys (troubles), we must apply the remedy to them.

The subjectivism of the Stoics and Epicureans is followed by the scepticism of Pyrrho and his successors.

The distinctive character of later scepticism is its return to the position of Pyrrho.

The first to introduce a thorough-going scepticism among the Greeks was Pyrrho.

But the Academics did not draw from their scepticism, as Pyrrho had done, the full logical conclusion as regards action.

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