Sextus Empiricus

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Sextus Empiricus was an ancient Greek physician and philosopher best known as the principal source for Pyrrhonian skepticism, whose works profoundly shaped later skeptical thought.

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Label Occurrences
Sextus Empiricus canonical 27
Sextus Empiricus corpus 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic-era philosopher ⓘ
Pyrrhonist ⓘ
ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
skeptic philosopher ⓘ
era Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Roman Imperial period ⓘ
floruit early 3rd century CE ⓘ
late 2nd century CE ⓘ
hasWorkPart Adversus Ethicos ⓘ
Adversus Geometras ⓘ
Adversus Grammaticos ⓘ
Adversus Logicos ⓘ
Adversus Mathematicos ⓘ
Adversus Musicos ⓘ
Adversus Physicos ⓘ
Adversus Rhetoras ⓘ
influenced David Hume ⓘ
Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
Pierre Bayle ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
early modern philosophy ⓘ
modern skepticism ⓘ
knownFor Pyrrhonian skepticism ⓘ
critique of dogmatic philosophy ⓘ
influence on early modern skepticism ⓘ
systematic exposition of ancient skepticism ⓘ
languageOfWork Ancient Greek ⓘ
medicalAffiliation Empiric school of medicine ⓘ
notableWork Against the Ethicists ⓘ
Against the Logicians ⓘ
Against the Mathematicians ⓘ
Against the Physicists ⓘ
Against the Professors ⓘ
Outlines of Pyrrhonism ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
philosophicalConcept ataraxia ⓘ
epoché ⓘ
five modes of Agrippa ⓘ
suspension of judgment ⓘ
ten modes of Aenesidemus ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Pyrrhonism ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
regionOfActivity Roman Empire ⓘ
subjectOf history of skepticism ⓘ
studies in Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
textualTransmission Renaissance Latin translations ⓘ
medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
tradition Greek philosophy ⓘ
Hellenistic skepticism ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

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Michel de Montaigne → influencedBy → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Skepticism → influencedBy → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Pyrrho → influenced → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Que sais-je? → influencedBy → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
On Nature → hasFragmentSource → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Pyrrhonian skepticism → systematizedBy → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Aenesidemus → influenced → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Aenesidemus → knownFrom → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Against the Mathematicians → author → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Against the Logicians → author → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Against the Logicians → workOf → Sextus Empiricus corpus ⓘ
linked to: Sextus Empiricus
Against the Physicists → author → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Against the Ethicists → author → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Against the Professors → author → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Empiric school of medicine → influenced → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Adversus Mathematicos → author → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Adversus Mathematicos → workOf → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Adversus Logicos → author → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Adversus Logicos → associatedWith → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Adversus Physicos → author → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Adversus Ethicos → author → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Adversus Grammaticos → author → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Adversus Rhetoras → hasTraditionalAuthor → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Adversus Rhetoras → isAttributedTo → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Adversus Geometras → author → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
Adversus Geometras → associatedPhilosopher → Sextus Empiricus ⓘ