PYRRHO

pĭrˈō, c.360–270 b.c., Greek philosopher, a native of Elis, regarded as the father of skepticism. After accompanying Alexander the Great to Asia, he enjoyed great respect at Elis and Athens. His doctrines were preserved by his disciple, Timon of Phlius, in satires. Pyrrho taught that nothing can be known, because the contradictory of every statement can be maintained with equal plausibility. Hence the philosophic attitude is one of suspended judgment and imperturbability.

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books on: Pyrrho  - 435 results

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The Columbia History of Western Philosophy
Book by Richard H. Popkin; Columbia University Press, 1999
Subjects: Philosophy--History
...also went to India and foreshadowed Pyrrho in likening reality to the scenery depicted...account of his unwritten philosophy, Pyrrho proposed that Whoever wants to be happy...outcome for those who have this attitude? Pyrrho's answer to the first question was that...
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The Sceptics
Book by R. J. Hankinson; Routledge, 1998
other direction, and have taken Pyrrho to be reacting to Aristotle in holding...NS reading of ou mallon in 78 , takes Pyrrho to be asserting the assertibility of contradictions...we need not ascribe such a position to Pyrrho above, 63 . In default of that, the...
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Satirical Sketches
Book by Lucian, Paul Turner; Indiana University Press, 1990
Subjects: Dialogues, Greek--Translations Into English, Lucian--Of Samosata--Translations Into English, Satire, Greek--Translations Into English
PYRRHO: Im good at everything except travelling. CUSTOMER: Whats so difficult about that? PYRRHO: Well, sir, its just that I never seem...fast. But what exactly are you aiming at? PYRRHO: A state of ignorance, hearing and seeing...
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The Morality of Happiness
Book by Julia Annas; Oxford University Press, 1995
Subjects: Ethics, Ancient, Happiness
1. Pyrrho Pyrrho of Elis c. 360-c. 270 B.C. is a problematic figure for us; he...what will result for those who take this attitude. Now he says that Pyrrho shows that objects are equally indifferent and unfathomable and undeterminable...
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From Aristotle to Augustine
Book by David Furley; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Augustine--Saint, Bishop Of Hippo
PYRRHO Pyrrho lived roughly from 365 to 275 BC. His main philosophical concern was ethical...doctrine which had long been abandoned. It seems to be a fair judgement that Pyrrho would have disappeared almost without a trace from the history of philosophy...
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journal articles on: Pyrrho  - 27 results

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Warren, James. Epicurus and Democritean Ethics. an Archaeology of Ataraxia
Journal article by Dirk T.D. Held; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 58, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Epicurus and Democritean Ethics. An Archaeology of Ataraxia (Book)--Book reviews
...philosophers Metrodorus, Anaxarchus, Pyrrho, and Nausiphanes. Testimonia about Anaxarchus...the Great to Asia than about his ideas; Pyrrho left no writings; nor have any writings...properties. Diogenes Laertius report that Pyrrho claimed nothing was fair or foul, just...
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Watt: Logic, Insanity, Aphasia
Journal article by Michael Beausang; Style, Vol. 30, 1996
...Watt come from the same family-that of Pyrrho, whose disciples were the zetetics...causality mutually support each other. For Pyrrho, on the other hand, "a thing is not...is not" (Couche 54). Furthermore, Pyrrho claimed that "reasons of equal strength...
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A Possible Source for Swift's Laputians
Journal article by Richard Levin; American Notes & Queries, Vol. 8, 1995
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Philology, Motion Pictures
...beginning of Diogenes Laertiuss account of Pyrrho of Elis, where we are informed that Pyrrho "held that there is nothing really existent...to follow close after him. (9.11.62) Pyrrho himself was really existent, of course, and...
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The Engineering Method and Its Implications for Scientific, Philosophical, and Universal Methods
Journal article by Billy Vaughn Koen; The Monist, Vol. 92, 2009
Subjects: Engineering--Analysis, Philosophy of technology--Analysis
...that of the most radical among them, Pyrrho; others feel that it is in the much shorter...except heuristically. You will recall that Pyrrho held that "everything was in doubt...finger for fear of saying an untruth. Both Pyrrho or Cratylus would be considered very bad...
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Secessionism Meets the New World Order: the Southern League, David Hume, and the Urge to Create Borders
Journal article by Mark D. West; Journal of American and Comparative Cultures, Vol. 24, 2001
Subjects: Philosophy, Secession, Southern League
...moves away from the pure skepticism of Pyrrho and Sextus; this he refers to as "mitigated...ataraxia that the later Roman skeptics, like Pyrrho and Sextus envisioned.43 Rather, Livingston...is not in the despair of notknowing of Pyrrho,44 which Hume decries as "total skepticism...
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magazine articles on: Pyrrho  - 3 results

 
 
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The Needle's Eye
Magazine article by Drew E. Griffin; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, December 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism (Book)--Book reviews
...the Hellenistic period ignore him, arguing, in their silence, that he lacks the significance of Zeno, Epicurus, or even Pyrrho. He is viewed at best as a wayward child of the nascent Hellenistic age, the beginning of the end of classical thought, and...
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The 9/11 Faith Movement
Magazine article by Terry J. Allen; In These Times, Vol. 30, July 2006
Subjects: Conspiracy, Federal government, High rise buildings, Terrorism
...allegations and the pile still stands, impressive in its bulk and ideological coherence. If size were all, it would convince Pyrrho himself. Scientific theories, on the other hand, depend on interlocking chains of evidence: The integrity of the whole relies...
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Social Security Trust Fund
Magazine article by John D. McGinnis; Freeman, Vol. 55, September 2005
Subjects: Capital assets, Cash flow, Social security, Social security taxes, Trust funds
...McGinnis My 12-year-old niece,Virginia, wrote me this letter. My reply follows. Dear Uncle John, I have a teacher, Mr. Pyrrho, who says there is no trust fund for Social security. When I asked Mom about this, she said, "Ask your Uncle John. If...


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newspaper articles on: Pyrrho  - 3 results

 
 
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Life Class Mark Vernon on Suspending Disbelief Go to Theschooloflife.Com
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 30, 2010
...is an art first named in the West by the ancient philosopher Pyrrho of Elis. He travelled to India with Alexander the Great and...great unknowns of life. The best way to be exposed to them, Pyrrho argued, is to suspend disbelief. He founded a group that came...
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Homework for Grown-Ups
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 1, 2011
...pituitary gland c) adipose tissue d) pineal gland 8. In Classical philosophy, which school of thought was formalised by Pyrrho of Elis in around the third century BC? a) Epicureanism b) Socratic method c) Stoicism d) Scepticism 9. Which sculptor...
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50 for Fun; Phil Brown's Trivia Quiz
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), December 6, 2007
...first king of which country? 7 Which philosophical school, named for a Greek word meaning "to examine", was founded by Pyrrho? 8 Boxer Joe Calzaghe has just become the second person to retain the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year award - who...


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encyclopedia articles on: Pyrrho  - 3 results

 
 
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Pyrrho
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PYRRHO pir o, c.360 270 b.c., Greek philosopher, a native of Elis, regarded...doctrines were preserved by his disciple, Timon of Phlius, in satires. Pyrrho taught that nothing can be known, because the contradictory of every statement...
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Timon of Phlius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TIMON OF PHLIUS fli s, c.320 c.230 b.c., Greek skeptic philosopher, chief disciple of Pyrrho . Timon denied the possibility of certain knowledge and, like his master, taught that the philosopher can achieve peace of mind...
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Skepticism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...knowledge, and Gorgias held that either nothing could be known, or if anything were known, it could not be communicated. Pyrrho , regarded as the father of skepticism, later held a similarly extreme position, seeing reality as inaccessible. Arcesilaus...


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