Skepticism relieved two terrible diseases that afflicted mankind: anxiety and dogmatism.
Democritus sometimes does away with what appears to the senses, and says that none of these appears according to truth but only according to opinion:… - Sextus Empiricus
Democritus sometimes does away with what appears to the senses, and says that none of these appears according to truth but only according to opinion:…
- Sextus Empiricus
To every argument an equal argument is opposed. - Sextus Empiricus
To every argument an equal argument is opposed.
Skepticism relieved two terrible diseases that afflicted mankind: anxiety and dogmatism. - Sextus Empiricus
Scepticism is an ability, or mental attitude, which opposes appearances to judgments in any way whatsoever, with the result that,owing to the equipol… - Sextus Empiricus
Scepticism is an ability, or mental attitude, which opposes appearances to judgments in any way whatsoever, with the result that,owing to the equipol…
Plato, quite decadently, wore an earring while young. - Sextus Empiricus
Plato, quite decadently, wore an earring while young.
The Mode of circular reasoning is the form used when the proof itself which ought to establish the matter of inquiry requires confirmation derived fr… - Sextus Empiricus
The Mode of circular reasoning is the form used when the proof itself which ought to establish the matter of inquiry requires confirmation derived fr…
The skeptic, being a lover of his kind, desires to cure by speech, as best he can, the self-conceit and rashness of the dogmatists. - Sextus Empiricus
The skeptic, being a lover of his kind, desires to cure by speech, as best he can, the self-conceit and rashness of the dogmatists.
By skepticism . . . we arrive first at suspension of judgment, and second at freedom from disturbance. - Sextus Empiricus
By skepticism . . . we arrive first at suspension of judgment, and second at freedom from disturbance.
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