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    Pyrrho of Elis (/ˈpɪroʊ/; Ancient Greek: Πύρρων ὁ Ἠλεῖος, romanized: Pyrrhо̄n ho Ēleios; c. 360 – c. 270 BC), born in Elis, Greece, was a Greek philosopher...
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  • the first century BCE, and said to have been inspired by the teachings of Pyrrho and Timon of Phlius in the fourth century BCE. Pyrrhonism is best known...
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  • In statistics, Pyrrho's lemma is the result that if one adds just one extra variable as a regressor from a suitable set to a linear regression model, one...
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  • Pyrrhus (redirect from Pyrrhos)
    Look up Pyrrhus or Πύῤῥος in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pyrrhus, Pyrrhos or Pyrros (Πύρρος) may refer to: Pyrrhus of Epirus (318–272 BC), king of...
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    philosophical skepticism, as a distinct philosophical movement, began with Pyrrho of Elis (c. 360 – c. 270 BCE), with antecedents in Xenophanes and Democritus...
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  • Eudaimonia (section Pyrrho)
    this way, "dumb luck" (chance) can preempt one's attainment of eudaimonia. Pyrrho was the founder of Pyrrhonism. A summary of his approach to eudaimonia was...
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    philosopher from the Hellenistic period, who was the student of Pyrrho. Unlike Pyrrho, who wrote nothing, Timon wrote satirical philosophical poetry called...
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  • Pyrrho Investments Limited v MWB Property Limited [2016] EWHC 256 (Ch) is the first British case to consider the use of ‘predictive coding’ during electronic...
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  • early Islamic philosophy. Pyrrho of Elis, a Democritean philosopher, traveled to India with Alexander the Great's army where Pyrrho was influenced by Buddhist...
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    Arcesilaus studied in Pyrrho's school and adhered, except in name, to Pyrrhonism. Numenius of Apamea said "Arcesilaus accompanied Pyrrho. He remained Pyrrhonist...
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