Pyrrho

American  

[pir-oh] / ˈpɪr oʊ /

noun

1. c365–c275 b.c., Greek philosopher.

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Pyrrho British  

/ ˈpɪrəʊ /

noun

1. ?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

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Other Word Forms

• Pyrrhonism
  noun
• Pyrrhonist
  noun

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Pyrrho

Sometimes they discussed philosophy; Hancock liked to quote Plato, Pyrrho and Buddhist thinkers.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

Anciently the term was applied to a sect of philosophers founded by Pyrrho.

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous

Socrates outranks Pyrrho, and I am open to conviction.

From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Frederic Mayer Bird

All Theologies and sacred Cosmogonies belong, in some measure, to the first class; in all Pyrrhonism, from Pyrrho down to Hume and the innumerable disciples of Hume, we have instances enough of the second.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys

The followers of Pyrrho, it is said, made doubting a profession, until at last they doubted whether they did doubt.

From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by George Jacob Holyoake

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