Philosopher · Classical antiquity · Egypt
Sextus Empiricus
c. 160–c. 210
Greek physician and skeptic who lived at Alexandria and Athens around 160 to 210. His Outlines of Pyrrhonism is the fullest surviving account of ancient skepticism. His birthplace is unknown.
Facts
- Lived
- About 160 to 210. He worked as a physician and taught at Alexandria and Athens.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sextus Empiricus
- Birthplace
- Unknown. The record places him at Alexandria and Athens.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sextus Empiricus
- School
- Pyrrhonist skepticism.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sextus Empiricus
- Known for
- The Outlines of Pyrrhonism and Against the Mathematicians, the armory of skeptical argument for two thousand years.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sextus Empiricus
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