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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Ordinarily one does not learn things about oneself from Edmund Gosse, but my discovery that I am a Pyrrhonist is due to that literary man.
From The Merry-Go-Round by Carl Van Vechten
Nature confounds the Pyrrhonist, and reason the Dogmatist;”— or, as the passage was originally written,— “We cannot be Pyrrhonists without violating nature; we cannot be Dogmatists without renouncing nature.”
From Pascal by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
If Pascal is Pyrrhonist, he is certainly not Pyrrhonist after the manner of Montaigne, deeply as he responds to many of the notes of the Essays, and at times seems to make them his own.
From Pascal by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Although no Pyrrhonist in thought, he knows too well in experience the depths of Pyrrhonism.
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
