
HoP 069 - Beyond Belief - Pyrrho and Skepticism
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Pyro's Indifference to Danger and Pain
Pyro cultivated the persona of an imperturbable sage. He did not shrink from fearful situations like storms at sea, and was happy to stoop to performing menial tasks like washing pigs. A typical legend has him undergoing the horrors of ancient surgery without so much as flinching. pyro claimed to have achieved the holy grail pursued by almost all the philosophers of his day - but he didn't devise a complex philosophical theory.
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