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Outlines of Pyrrhonism (Paperback, Revised)
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Outlines of Pyrrhonism (Paperback, Revised)
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Throughout history philosophers have sought to define, understand,
and delineate concepts important to human well-being. One such
concept is "knowledge." Many philosophers believed that absolute,
certain knowledge, is possible--that the physical world and ideas
formulated about it could be given solid foundation unaffected by
the varieties of mere opinion.
Sextus Empiricus stands as an example of the "skeptic" school of
thought whose members believed that knowledge was either
unattainable or, if a genuine possibility, the conditions necessary
to achieve it were next to impossible to satisfy. In other words,
in the absence of complete knowledge, one must make do with the
information provided by an imperfect world and conveyed to the mind
through sense impressions that can often deceive us. Throughout his
life Sextus Empiricus entered into intellectual combat with those
who confidently claimed to possess indubitable knowledge. For
skeptics, the best one can hope to achieve is a reasonable
suspension of judgment--remaining ever mindful that claims to
knowledge require careful scrutiny, thoughtful analysis, and
critical review if we are to prevent ourselves and others from
plunging headlong into mistaken notions.
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