Pyrrho
noun
c365–c275 b.c., Greek philosopher.
Pyrrhonist
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a word derived from
Pyrrho.
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a word derived from
Pyrrhonism.
Pyrrhonismnounthe Skeptic doctrines of Pyrrho and his followers.
Example Sentences
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Montaigne is Pyrrhonist par excellence; and undoubtedly p. 180the famous Essays had greatly fascinated Pascal, like many others in his generation.
From Pascal by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
He is so far from being a Pyrrhonist in the sense of resting on Pyrrhonism, that he seeks to mount on its shoulders to a higher truth.
From Pascal by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A bitter smile hovered upon the lips of the third doctor, Maugredie, a man of acknowledged ability, but a Pyrrhonist and a scoffer, with the scalpel for his one article of faith.
From The Magic Skin by Ellen Marriage
Both agreed in the unknown nature of the Ding an sich, but this was to the Pyrrhonist the end of all his philosophy; to Kant, however, the beginning.
From Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Mary Mills Patrick
Although no Pyrrhonist in thought, he knows too well in experience the depths of Pyrrhonism.
From Pascal by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
