Pyrrho

Pyrrho, ōnis, m., = Πύρρων,

• a philosopher of Elis, contemporary with Aristotle, and founder of the sceptical school, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 35; 4, 16, 43; 4, 18, 49; 4, 22, 60; 5, 8, 23; id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 42, 130; id. Off. 1, 2, 6; id. Tusc. 2, 6, 15; Quint. 12, 2, 24.— Hence, Pyrrhōnĕi (-ōnĭi), ōrum, m., the followers of Pyrrho, Pyrrhonists, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 62.— As adj.: Pyrrhonii philosophi, Gell. 11, 5, 1; 6.

Pyrrho (Pyrro), ōnis, m. (Πύῤῥων), ein griech. Philosoph aus Elis, Stifter der sogen. skeptischen Schule, Zeitgenosse Alexanders des Gr., Cic. Acad. 2, 130; Tusc. 2, 15; de off. 1, 6: Nomin. auch Pyrron, Quint. 12, 2, 24. – Dessen Anhänger Pyrrhōnēī, ōrum, m. (auch Sceptici gen.), Cic. de or. 3, 62. Sen. ep. 88, 37 (44): u. Pyrrhōnīī (Pyrronii) philosophi, Gell. 11, 5. § 1 u. 6.

Pyrrhō, ōnis, m. (Πύῤῥων), Pyrrhon, [dʼÉlis, philosophe, disciple dʼAnaxarque et chef de lʼécole sceptique] : Cic. Fin. 2, 35, etc. || -ōnēī, ōrum, m. , Pyrrhoniens, disciples de Pyrrhon : Cic. de Or. 3, 62 || ou -ōnīī, ōrum, Gell. 11, 5, 1.

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Pyrrho

(Πύρρων). The founder of the Sceptical or Pyrrhonian School of philosophy, a native of Elis in the Peloponnesus. He is said to have been poor, and to have followed at first the profession of a painter. He is then said to have been attracted to philosophy by the books of Democritus, to have attended the lectures of Bryson, a disciple of Stilpon, to have attached himself closely to Anaxarchus, and with him to have joined the expedition of Alexander the Great. During the greater part of his life he lived in retirement, and endeavoured to render himself independent of all external circumstances. His disciple Timon extolled with admiration his supreme repose of soul and his indifference to pleasure or pain. So highly was he valued by his fellow-citizens that they made him their high-priest, and erected a monument to him after his death. The Athenians conferred upon him the rights of citizenship. We know little respecting the principles of his sceptical philosophy, and the tales told about him by Diogenes Laertius are probably the invention of his enemies. He asserted that certain knowledge on any subject was unattainable, and that the great object of man ought to be to lead a virtuous life. Pyrrho wrote no works, except a poem addressed to Alexander, which was rewarded by the latter in a royal manner. Pyrrho's philosophical system was first reduced to writing by his disciple Timon the Sillographer. (See Timon.) He reached the age of ninety years, but his dates are uncertain.

Pyrrho Pyrrho, son of Pistocrates

• sophist: Paus. 6.24.5
• his tomb: Paus. 6.24.5