Pyrrho of Elis · Philosophy
The hardest question for skepticism is practical: how do you <em>live</em> if you suspend judgement about everything? Pyrrho’s answer is that the skeptic lives by appearances, guided by nature’s feelings, the customs of his country, and acquired skills - acting fully, but without dogmatic belief about the hidden nature of things.
You learned that the skeptic answers the ‘inactivity’ objection by living ‘by appearances’ - adhering to the everyday world without dogmatic belief about its hidden nature. Sextus gives a fourfold practical guide: (1) the guidance of nature (we perceive and think), (2) the compulsion of feeling…
Leads to Socrates.
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