the mid-first century BCE, when Pyrrhonism as a philosophical school was founded by Aenesidemus. The goal of Pyrrhonism is ataraxia, an untroubled and...
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Pyrrho (redirect from Pyrrhon of Elis)
have differed from later Pyrrhonism. Most of what we know today as Pyrrhonism comes through the book Outlines of Pyrrhonism written by Sextus Empiricus...
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Sextus Empiricus (redirect from Outlines of Pyrrhonism)
books on Pyrrhonism. The Suda also says Sextus wrote a book Ethica. Sextus Empiricus's three surviving works are the Outlines of Pyrrhonism (Πυῤῥώνειοι...
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Dogma (category Pyrrhonism)
used in English. In Pyrrhonism, "dogma" refers to assent to a proposition about a non-evident matter. The main principle of Pyrrhonism is expressed by the...
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Platonism, making Platonism nearly the same as Pyrrhonism. After Arcesilaus, the Academics diverged from Pyrrhonism. This skeptical period of ancient Platonism...
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Ancient Greek philosophy (section Pyrrhonism)
Pyrrhonism, which taught that it is one's opinions about non-evident matters (i.e., dogma) that prevent one from attaining eudaimonia. Pyrrhonism places...
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Ataraxia (category Pyrrhonism)
for soldiers entering battle. Achieving ataraxia is a common goal for Pyrrhonism, Epicureanism, and Stoicism, but the role and value of ataraxia within...
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Pyrrhon is a technical death metal quartet based in Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 2008, the group comprises vocalist Doug Moore, guitarist Dylan DiLella...
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Pyrrhonism: How the Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism 2008 Thomas McEvilley, The Shape of Ancient Thought 2002 pp. 499-505 Madhyamaka and Pyrrhonism...
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Epoché (category Pyrrhonism)
judgment but also "withholding of assent". Epoché plays an important role in Pyrrhonism, the skeptical philosophy named after Pyrrho, who is regarded as the founder...
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