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Articles about the intersection of ancient Greek philosophy and Buddhism; and in particular, the philosophy that resulted from that intersection: Pyrrhonism.
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Pyrrhonist Dating Advice (opens the original)
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A subscriber recently asked me whether there’s any Pyrrhonist advice about dating. Unlike with Epicureanism and Stoicism, we have no ancient texts addressing this topic, but Pyrrhonism does offer useful advice here.A major problem many people have with dating is that they get in their own way, due to anxiety and trying too hard. They can also suffer from poor judgment. Pyrrhonism can help with these.The Pyrrhonist philosopher Sextus Empiricus points out that our unhappiness comes from intensely
Pyrrhonist Equipollence (opens the original)
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Pyrrhonism requires an ability and a mental disposition not only to engage in philosophical argumentation, but to do so in a particular way. That way entails subjecting claims about the non-evident to philosophical argumentation such that any persuasive sway that the claim might have on oneself is offset by counter-arguments. This step goes by two synonymous technical terms: equipollence (an English term derived from Latin) or isostheneia (ἰσοσθένεια, the term used in ancient Greek).Equipollence
The Stoics Against Zen Not-Knowing (opens the original)
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Countless Zen teachers have exhorted their students to embrace not-knowing. But what if there had been a Stoic philosopher in the Zendo to argue against the Roshi? What could those pursuing not-knowing learn from his arguments?<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" heigh
A Stoic and a Pyrrhonist Umpire a Game (opens the original)
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The part about Pyrrhonism that people are most likely to report not understanding is what is meant by “evident” and “non-evident.” Just recently, two readers of my book, Pyrrho’s Way, have published their concerns about the distinction.One is , who in his review of my book says,My disagreements with Pyrrhonism are epistemological.
How to Be a Crappy Skeptic (opens the original)
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Massimo Pigliucci’s new book, How to Be a (Happy) Skeptic, has drawn attention to a neglected school of ancient Greek philosophy - “neglected” in the sense that while there have been conspicuous contemporary efforts to revive the philosophical practices of Stoicism, Epicureanism, Pyrrhonism, Aristotelianism, and Neoplatonism, Academic Skepticism has received little to no attention.I think there’s a good reason for this lack of attention. It was a reason known to the ancients. Epicurus put his fi
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