Pyrrhonism – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonism, or
Pyrrhonian skepticism, was a school of
skepticism founded by
Aenesidemus in the 1st century BC and recorded by
Sextus Empiricus in the late 2nd century or early 3rd century AD. It was named after
Pyrrho, a
philosopher who lived from c. 360 to c. 270 BC, although the relationship between the philosophy of the school and that of the historical figure is unclear. A revival of the use of the term occurred during the 17th century.
Pyrrhonism
(n.)
Skepticism; universal doubt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonism The philosophy of Pyrrho, the Greek Skeptic (c. 365-275 BC); also a general name for philosophic doubt. Pyrrho left no writings, but lives in those of his pupil Timon. His doctrine was that we can known nothing about reality by the use of our senses or mental faculties; against every statement its opposite may be maintained with equal justice; hence it is necessary to preserve a balanced judgment, the result of which is imperturbability, a tranquil acceptance of the events of life. The moral attitude thus engendered is somewhat like that of the Epicureans and Stoics, which has often been wrongly described as a self-centered indifference, bent upon the happiness of the individual, but this is only the negative aspect of the doctrine. His teachings approximate those of the Sankhya philosophy, and of some later philosophers -- as in the doctrine of maya, that all is illusion save the divine. Whether Pyrrho himself stopped short at a suspense of judgment, or whether his teachings were imperfectly handed down by his followers, may be questioned. The ardent desire for knowledge may result in that illumination by which we becomes aware of the deceptive character of our faculties and the illusory nature of the images they create; but if our skepticism is merely the result of an intellectual disillusionment, unaccompanied by any inward vision, the result is usually selfish indifference bringing about a lapse into mere sensuality.
pyrrhonism
pyrrhonism /'pirənizm/- danh từ
- (triết học) chủ nghĩa hoài nghi của Pi-rô; sự hoài nghi triết học
(C) 2007 www.TừĐiểnTiếngViệt.net
PYRRHONISM
PIRRONISMO. SCETTICISMO
