Pyrrho

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Pyrrho was an ancient Greek philosopher regarded as the founder of Pyrrhonism, a school of skepticism that questioned the possibility of certain knowledge.

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Pyrrho of Elis 8
Pyrrho canonical 4

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instanceOf ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
founder of Pyrrhonism ⓘ
skeptic philosopher ⓘ
approximateBirthDate c. 360 BC ⓘ
approximateDeathDate c. 270 BC ⓘ
associatedWith Elis ⓘ
Pyrrhonist school ⓘ
birthPlace Elis ⓘ
Elis, Greece ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
doctrine one should suspend judgment about all non-evident matters ⓘ
suspension of judgment leads to tranquility ⓘ
things are by nature indeterminate and unknowable ⓘ
era Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
influenced Aenesidemus ⓘ
Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
ancient skepticism ⓘ
influencedBy Anaxarchus ⓘ
Democritus ⓘ
Eastern philosophies (reported) ⓘ
knownFor founding Pyrrhonism ⓘ
radical skepticism ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy major figure in history of skepticism ⓘ
namesake of Pyrrhonism ⓘ
movement Pyrrhonism ⓘ
ancient skepticism ⓘ
name Pyrrho of Elis ⓘ
linked to: Pyrrho
notableIdea ataraxia as goal of philosophy ⓘ
impossibility of certain knowledge ⓘ
suspension of judgment (epoché) ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Pyrrhonism ⓘ
Skepticism ⓘ
placeOfActivity Elis ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
region Peloponnese ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
sourceOfInformation Diogenes Laërtius ⓘ
studentOf Anaxarchus ⓘ
teachingsPreservedBy students and later Pyrrhonists ⓘ
travelledWith Alexander the Great (possibly) ⓘ
linked to: Alexander the Great
writings no extant works ⓘ

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Epicurus → influencedBy → Pyrrho ⓘ
Skepticism → influencedBy → Pyrrho of Elis ⓘ
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Pyrrho → name → Pyrrho of Elis ⓘ
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Pyrrhonian skepticism → namedAfter → Pyrrho of Elis ⓘ
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Pyrrhonian skepticism → associatedWith → Pyrrho of Elis ⓘ
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Aenesidemus → influencedBy → Pyrrho ⓘ
Anaxarchus → influenced → Pyrrho of Elis ⓘ
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Anaxarchus → associatedWith → Pyrrho of Elis ⓘ
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Anaxarchus → taught → Pyrrho of Elis ⓘ
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Arcesilaus → influencedBy → Pyrrho ⓘ
Adversus Ethicos → influencedBy → Pyrrho of Elis ⓘ
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