Democritus sometimes does away with what appears to the senses, and says that none of these appears according to truth but only according to opinion: the truth in real things is that there are atoms and void. 'By convention sweet',… — Sextus Empiricus Copy Share Image
Scepticism is an ability, or mental attitude, which opposes appearances to judgments in any way whatsoever, with the result that,owing to the equipollence of… — Sextus Empiricus Copy Share Image
The skeptic, being a lover of his kind, desires to cure by speech, as best he can, the self-conceit and rashness of the dogmatists. — Sextus Empiricus Copy Share Image
By skepticism . . . we arrive first at suspension of judgment, and second at freedom from disturbance. — Sextus Empiricus Copy Share Image
Democritus sometimes does away with what appears to the senses, and says that none of these appears according to truth but only according to… — Sextus Empiricus Copy Share Image
The Mode of circular reasoning is the form used when the proof itself which ought to establish the matter of inquiry requires confirmation derived… — Sextus Empiricus Copy Share Image
Skepticism relieved two terrible diseases that afflicted mankind: anxiety and dogmatism. — Sextus Empiricus Copy Share Image
