Pyrrho
Archetype: Relativist of Acceptance
c. 360 BC to 270 BC · Elis, Greece
“Nothing is more this than that.”
Do you think like Pyrrho? Answer 44 to 132 statements and find out who, among 130 thinkers, has the way of thinking closest to yours.
Who was Pyrrho
Pyrrho accompanied Alexander the Great on his expedition to India, where he is said to have met local sages. Back in Greece, he taught that we cannot know how things really are and that, for this reason, we should suspend judgment. He left no writings, but he gave his name to Pyrrhonian skepticism, which influenced Montaigne and Hume.
Core ideas
- We cannot know with certainty how things are in themselves
- Faced with opposing opinions, the best course is to suspend judgment
- By suspending judgment, we reach tranquility of the soul
The tradition: Skeptic
A skeptic doubts that secure knowledge is possible and prefers not to assert anything as definitive. Pyrrho is considered the father of this radical skepticism.
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Books by Pyrrho
Three ways in. Start with the first.
Where Pyrrho stands on the 11 axes
Each axis runs from the first pole (−1) to the second (+1). These are the positions the test compares with your answers.
