Philosopher · Classical antiquity · Greece

Pyrrho

c. 360–c. 270 BC

Greek thinker from Elis who founded philosophical skepticism, teaching suspension of judgment as the road to calm. He wrote nothing; his pupil Timon is the main source. He lived about 360 to 270 BC.

Facts

Born: About 360 BC, Elis, Greece.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pyrrho
Died: About 270 BC.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pyrrho
School: Pyrrhonism, the first skeptical school.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pyrrho
Known for: Suspension of judgment: since things are undecidable, the wise withhold assent and gain tranquility.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pyrrho

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Engraving of Pyrrho from a 17th century book of philosophers (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

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CountryGreece1830–PhilosopherSextus Empiricusc. 160–c. 210

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