Episode #013 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 4 - Skepticism
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What a Sceptic Is All About
Ourchesilaus made a concession that would later divide the sceptics. It created a spectrum of just how sceptical are you? Do you believe knowledge isn't possible at all, or should you suspend judgment on knowing things for certain and live in accordance with the way things seem? The next big headmaster of the academy, after archesilaus, was carneides. This kind of behavior, making an argument for both sides of something, was what being a sceptic was all about. You believe that truth didn't lie on one side or another. As far as you knew, truth was impossible to attain. And if some one argues one side of an argument, well,
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