Pyrrho

[pir-oh]

noun

c365–c275 b.c., Greek philosopher.

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Scepticism is of two kinds, that of Pyrrho, and that of examination.
A Logic Of Facts
George Jacob Holyoake
But I do not forget that Epictetus was a slave and Pyrrho a gardener.
The Queen Pedauque
Anatole France
Yet the importance of these questions shows the originality of Pyrrho.
Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism
Mary Mills Patrick
Arcesilaus founded his on dialectic, while Pyrrho's was empirical.
Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism
Mary Mills Patrick
The followers of Pyrrho, it is said, made doubting a profession, until at last they doubted whether they did doubt.
A Logic Of Facts
George Jacob Holyoake

British Dictionary definitions for pyrrho

Pyrrho

noun

?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

Derived FormsPyrrhonism, nounPyrrhonist, noun, adjective

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