Sextus Empiricus#Sextus
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#Sextus
Sextus Empiricus · c. 160–210 CE
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“We know almost nothing about the man, but his books preserved the entire toolkit of ancient skepticism — and when they were printed in 1562, after more than a thousand years of silence, they detonated under modern philosophy.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“For every argument there is an equal opposing argument; so suspend judgment on how things really are — and discover, unexpectedly, that peace of mind follows the suspension.”
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