scepticism
scepticism
subs.
Incredulity: P. and V. ἀ̆πιστία, ἡ.
Suspicion: P. and V. ὑ̆ποψία, ἡ.
subs.
Incredulity: P. and V. ἀ̆πιστία, ἡ.
Suspicion: P. and V. ὑ̆ποψία, ἡ.
SCEPTICISM
ratio eorum qui a rebus incertis assensionem cohibent (after Cic. N.D. 1 5 11): contra omnia disserendi ratio (of a sceptical turn of mind): ratio eorum qui contra omnia disserunt. If = unbelief Vid.
ratio eorum qui a rebus incertis assensionem cohibent (after Cic. N.D. 1 5 11): contra omnia disserendi ratio (of a sceptical turn of mind): ratio eorum qui contra omnia disserunt. If = unbelief Vid.
scepticism: perh. omnium assensionum retentio, Cic. Acad. 2, 24, 78 (assensio = a belief in the reality of phenomena): dubitatio de omnibus rebus, ib. 1, 4, 17: cf. Min. Fel. 13, med., hoc fonte defluxit Academicorum de summis quaestionibus dubitatio: *omnia in dubium incertumque revocandi libido (Kr.).
Scepticism
A philosophical school founded by Pyrrho of Elis (about B.C. 365-275), which refused to acknowledge that truth was obtainable by the perception of the senses and the cognizance of the mind. In existing literature it is chiefly represented by the physician Sextus Empiricus. See philosophia.