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HoP 073 - Healthy Skepticism - Sextus Empiricus

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Sextus Scepticism - Is He Really a Skeptic?

Sextus says that the pyronian sceptic always suspends belief, but cannot help having things appear to him in a certain way. As with pyro and the sceptical academy, there are two reasons to think sextus may need to accept some form of assent or belief. Second, there is the objection that the sceptic will need beliefs just to get through life.

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