Sextus Empiricus
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Sextus Empiricus (Greek: Σέξτος Ἐμπειρικός, Sextos Empeirikos; fl. mid-late 2nd century AD) was a Greek Pyrrhonist philosopher and Empiric school physician with Roman citizenship. His philosophical works are the most complete surviving account of ancient Greek and Roman Pyrrhonism, and because of the arguments they contain against the other Hellenistic philosophies, they are also a major source of information about those philosophies.
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Born | Second century AD |
Died | Late 2nd century or early 3rd century possibly in Alexandria or Rome |
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Era | Hellenistic philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Pyrrhonism Empiric school |
Main interests | Skepticism |
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