Pyrrho of Elis · Philosophy
The earliest summary of Pyrrho’s philosophy, preserved through Timon and Aristocles, frames it as answers to three questions: what are things like? how should we relate to them? and what do we gain? The answers are: undecidable; without opinions; and tranquillity.
You learned that Pyrrho’s philosophy, in Timon’s summary, answers three questions: (1) What are things by nature? - undecidable; we cannot determine that a thing is one way rather than another. (2) What attitude follows? - we should hold no firm opinions, saying of each thing that it ‘no more is than is not.&rsq…
Leads to Democritus.
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