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

A hopeless tangle," she said at last, "from which our ruling philosophers, degenerate imitators of Pyrrho, offer but one escape.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

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

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

The terminology, however, with very few exceptions, points to a later period than that of Pyrrho.

From Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Patrick, Mary Mills

For Pyrrho, Aristo, and Herillus, have long since sunk into oblivion.

From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke