PYRRHO (c. 360-270 b.c.) Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers R.D. Hicks, Ed. Chapter 11. PYRRHO (c. 360-270 b.c.) [ 61 ] Pyrrho of Elis was the son of …

Aug 01, 2021 · On Diogenes Laertius’s Biography of Pyrrho. Pyrrho is often remembered as the founder of the “skeptics.”. He was a painter from Elis before studying under the “naked sages” of India as well as the Persian Magi. Diogenes Laertius says of Pyrrho: “…he seems to have adopted a profoundly noble philosophy, having introduced the notion of inability to attain conviction and …

That is, he sought to expose the falsity of most conventional standards and beliefs and to call men back to a simple, natural life. For Diogenes the simple life meant not only disregard of luxury but also disregard of laws and customs of organized, and therefore “conventional,” communities. The family was viewed as an unnatural institution to be replaced by a natural state in which …

Pyrrho Chapter 11. Pyrrho (c. 360–270 b.c.) Pyrrho of Elis was the son of Pleistarchus, as Diocles relates. According to Apollodorus in his Chronology, he was first a painter; then he studied under Stilpo’s son Bryson a: thus Alexander in his Successions of Philosophers. Afterwards he joined Anaxarchus, whom he accompanied on his travels everywhere so that he even forgathered with …

Pyrrhonists view their philosophy as a way of life, and view Pyrrho as a model for this way of life. Their main goal is to attain ataraxia through achieving a state of epoché (i.e., suspension of judgment) about beliefs. One method Pyrrhonists use to suspend judgment is to gather arguments on both sides of the disputed issue, continuing to gather arguments such that the …

Diogenes on Pyrrho. From The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius. Translated by C.D. Yonge (1915), Book IX. I. Pyrrho was a citizen of Elis, and the son of Pleistarchus, as Diocles informs us, and, as Apollodorus in his Chronicles asserts, he was originally a painter. II.

Nov 20, 2013 · Pyrrho would live to see old age. According to Diogenes Laertius, he would died at the ripe old age of ninety. Sometimes referred to as the father of skepticism, Pyrrho left no writings of his own.

Pyrrho returned home to Elis, where he took up a life of poverty and simplicity. He cultivated an indifference to worldly things. Diogenes Laërtius tells us how Pyrrho happily participated in housework, something unthinkable for a man of his station and class. This apparent indifference to status was paradoxically fruitful.

[ 10 ] he divides man's life into four quarters thus : "twenty years a boy, twenty years a youth, twenty years a young man, twenty years an old man ; and these four periods correspond to the four seasons, the boy to spring, the youth to summer, the young man to autumn, and the old man to winter," meaning by youth …