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Pyrrho (pĭr`ō), c.360–270 B.C., Greek philosopher, a native of Elis, regarded as the father of skepticism skepticism [Gr.,=to reflect], philosophic position holding that the possibility of knowledge is limited either because of the limitations of the mind or because of the inaccessibility of its object. It is more loosely used to denote any questioning attitude.
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..... Click the link for more information. 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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?365--?275 bc, Greek philosopher; founder of scepticism. He maintained that true wisdom and happiness lie in suspension of judgment, since certain knowledge is impossible to attain

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No references found	The author offers this blend of approaches in a lively effort to assess the philosophical and literary options during a period when Pyrrhonist and Academic variants of skepticism both received persuasive articulation, and the literary genre of tragedy was given consummate expression by Shakespeare. Ellen Spolsky. Satisfying Skepticism: Embodied Knowledge in the Early ... by Rhu, Lawrence F. / Renaissance Quarterly 177) Seeking to substantiate this assertion and demonstrate his reasonable nature, he castigates the extreme skepticism of the Pyrrhonists who contend that the sun is not hot nor the snow white. Reverse transmutations: Beroalde de Verville's parody of Paracelsus ... by Giordano, Michael J. / Renaissance Quarterly [24] The Pyrrhonist suspended judgement on all issues of knowledge and retired into a state of ataraxia, quietude or unperturbedness since, as Hamlet puts it "there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so" (2. Hamlet and Counter-Humanism by KNOWLES, RONALD / Renaissance Quarterly	pyrotechnic code Pyrotechnic Composition pyrotechnic pistol pyrotechnic signal Pyrotechnics Pyrotheria Pyrotheriidae Pyroxene pyroxene alkali syenite pyroxene monzonite pyroxene syenite Pyroxenite pyroxenoids Pyroxylin pyroxylin cement Pyroxylin Powder Pyrrha Pyrrhic Pyrrhic victory pyrrhite Pyrrho Pyrrho of Elis Pyrrhocoridae Pyrrhocoris Apterus Pyrrhocoroidea Pyrrhonist Pyrrhophyta Pyrrhotite Pyrrhus pyrrobutamine phosphate Pyrrole pyrrole ring Pyrrolidine pyrrone Pyrrophyta Pyrus pyruvate Pyruvate Decarboxylase Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Pyruvic Acid pyruvic carboxylase pyruvic decarboxylase Pyshma Pyshnov, Vladimir Pyshnov, Vladimir Sergeevich Pysin, Aleksei Pysin, Aleksei Vasilevich Pyssa Pytalovo Pythagoras Pythagoras of Rhegium	Pyrrho Pyrrho of Elis Pyrrho of Elis Pyrrho the Sceptic Pyrrho the Sceptic Pyrrhocorax graculus Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Pyrrhocoridae Pyrrhocoridae Pyrrhocoris apterus Pyrrhocoris apterus Pyrrhocoroidea Pyrrholaemus Pyrrholaemus brunneus Pyrrhole Pyrrhole Pyrrhole Pyrrhon Pyrrhon Pyrrhon of Elis Pyrrhon of Elis Pyrrhonean Pyrrhonian Pyrrhonian Scepticism Pyrrhonian skepticism Pyrrhonians Pyrrhonic Pyrrhonic Pyrrhonism Pyrrhonist Pyrrhonists Pyrrhophyta Pyrrhophyta Pyrrhophyta pyrrhotine pyrrhotine pyrrhotite pyrrhotite Pyrrhula Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhuloxia pyrrhuloxia Pyrrhuloxia sinuata Pyrrhura Breeders Association Pyrrhus Pyrrhus Pyrrobutamine pyrrobutamine phosphate Pyrrol Pyrrol Pyrrol pyrrole pyrrole pyrrole pyrrole ring Pyrrole-2-Carboxylate Pyrroles Pyrroles Pyrroles pyrrolic

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The author offers this blend of approaches in a lively effort to assess the philosophical and literary options during a period when Pyrrhonist and Academic variants of skepticism both received persuasive articulation, and the literary genre of tragedy was given consummate expression by Shakespeare.

Ellen Spolsky. Satisfying Skepticism: Embodied Knowledge in the Early ... by Rhu, Lawrence F. / Renaissance Quarterly

177) Seeking to substantiate this assertion and demonstrate his reasonable nature, he castigates the extreme skepticism of the Pyrrhonists who contend that the sun is not hot nor the snow white.

Reverse transmutations: Beroalde de Verville's parody of Paracelsus ... by Giordano, Michael J. / Renaissance Quarterly

[24] The Pyrrhonist suspended judgement on all issues of knowledge and retired into a state of ataraxia, quietude or unperturbedness since, as Hamlet puts it "there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so" (2.

Hamlet and Counter-Humanism by KNOWLES, RONALD / Renaissance Quarterly

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