#49 - How to Keep an Open Mind... Like a Skeptic!
Classical Wisdom Speaks
Suspension of Judgment
Sextus says scepticism is an ability to do this assembling of opposing views in such a way that they are of what he calls equal strength. If they 're of equal strength, that is, they each strike you as equal plausible, equally convincing, then you'll have no choice but to suspend judgment em. And the reason why that's a good thing, from his point of view, is because it leads to tranquillity. But if you go all the way with with sextus himself, and only permit suspension of judgment, an how sextis advocated and provided a set of techniques to achieve a radical suspension of judgment about the way things really are, which i think
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