Definition of Pyrrhonism. Meaning of Pyrrhonism. Synonyms of Pyrrhonism

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Definition of Pyrrhonism

Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonism Pyr"rho*nism, n. [From Pyrrho, the founder of a school of skeptics in Greece (about 300 b. c.): cf. F. pyrrhonisme.] Skepticism; universal doubt.

Meaning of Pyrrhonism from wikipedia

- the mid-first century BCE, when Pyrrhonism as a philosophical school was founded by Aenesidemus. The goal of Pyrrhonism is ataraxia, an untroubled and...
- have differed from later Pyrrhonism. Most of what we know today as Pyrrhonism comes through the book Outlines of Pyrrhonism written by ****tus Empiricus...
- books on Pyrrhonism. The Suda also says ****tus wrote a book Ethica. ****tus Empiricus's three surviving works are the Outlines of Pyrrhonism (Πυῤῥώνειοι...
- used in English. In Pyrrhonism, "dogma" refers to ****ent to a proposition about a non-evident matter. The main principle of Pyrrhonism is expressed by the...
- Pyrrhonism, which taught that it is one's opinions about non-evident matters (i.e., dogma) that prevent one from attaining eudaimonia. Pyrrhonism places...
- Pyrrhon is a technical death metal quartet based in Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 2008, the group comprises vocalist Doug Moore, guitarist Dylan DiLella...
- Platonism, making Platonism nearly the same as Pyrrhonism. After Arcesilaus, the Academics diverged from Pyrrhonism. This skeptical period of ancient Platonism...
- for soldiers entering battle. Achieving ataraxia is a common goal for Pyrrhonism, Epicureanism, and Stoicism, but the role and value of ataraxia within...
- judgment but also "withholding of ****ent". Epoché plays an important role in Pyrrhonism, the skeptical philosophy named after Pyrrho, who is regarded as the founder...
- is unknown: while Diogenes claims an unbroken lineage of teachers of Pyrrhonism from Pyrrho through ****tus, with Aenesidemus' teacher being Heraclides...