Quiz: Pyrrho

When was Pyrrho born?
- About 360 BC, Elis, Greece.
- About 204, probably Lycopolis, Egypt.
- About 50, Hierapolis, in what is now Turkey, enslaved in Rome.
- About 4 BC, Cordoba, Spain.
Answer
About 360 BC, Elis, Greece. — Born: About 360 BC, Elis, Greece..
When did Pyrrho die?
- About 270 BC.
- About 450 BC.
- About 289 BC.
- 43 BC, murdered on the orders of Mark Antony after being proscribed.
Answer
About 270 BC. — Died: About 270 BC..
What is Pyrrho known for?
- Suspension of judgment: since things are undecidable, the wise withhold assent and gain tranquility.
- Founding Stoicism: live according to nature, want only what is in your control, treat virtue as the sole good.
- The doctrine of emptiness: things exist only in dependence on causes and concepts, and the two truths, conventional and ultimate.
- Atoms and the void as the explanation of all change, and an ethics of cheerfulness.
Answer
Suspension of judgment: since things are undecidable, the wise withhold assent and gain tranquility. — Known for: Suspension of judgment: since things are undecidable, the wise withhold assent and gain tranquility..
Which school of thought was Pyrrho part of?
- Pyrrhonism, the first skeptical school.
- Eleatic school, the strict logic of being.
- Legalism, the doctrine of the strong state.
- Cynicism, the practice of shamelessness and self sufficiency.
Answer
Pyrrhonism, the first skeptical school. — School: Pyrrhonism, the first skeptical school..
True or false: Greek thinker from Elis who founded philosophical skepticism, teaching suspension of judgment as the road to calm.
- True
- False
Answer
True — From the entry's summary.

When was Pyrrho born?
- About 360 BC, Elis, Greece.
- About 204, probably Lycopolis, Egypt.
- About 50, Hierapolis, in what is now Turkey, enslaved in Rome.
- About 4 BC, Cordoba, Spain.
Answer
About 360 BC, Elis, Greece. — Born: About 360 BC, Elis, Greece..
When did Pyrrho die?
- About 270 BC.
- About 450 BC.
- About 289 BC.
- 43 BC, murdered on the orders of Mark Antony after being proscribed.
Answer
About 270 BC. — Died: About 270 BC..
What is Pyrrho known for?
- Suspension of judgment: since things are undecidable, the wise withhold assent and gain tranquility.
- Founding Stoicism: live according to nature, want only what is in your control, treat virtue as the sole good.
- The doctrine of emptiness: things exist only in dependence on causes and concepts, and the two truths, conventional and ultimate.
- Atoms and the void as the explanation of all change, and an ethics of cheerfulness.
Answer
Suspension of judgment: since things are undecidable, the wise withhold assent and gain tranquility. — Known for: Suspension of judgment: since things are undecidable, the wise withhold assent and gain tranquility..
Which school of thought was Pyrrho part of?
- Pyrrhonism, the first skeptical school.
- Eleatic school, the strict logic of being.
- Legalism, the doctrine of the strong state.
- Cynicism, the practice of shamelessness and self sufficiency.
Answer
Pyrrhonism, the first skeptical school. — School: Pyrrhonism, the first skeptical school..
True or false: Greek thinker from Elis who founded philosophical skepticism, teaching suspension of judgment as the road to calm.
- True
- False
Answer
True — From the entry's summary.