PPT Slide
Ancient & Medieval Philosophy -- David L. Rouse
- During the first century, B.C., the seat of skeptical philosophy shifts from Athens to Alexandria.
- The Roman skeptics claimed their views originated with Pyrrho of Elis (360-270 B.C.).
- They developed the tropes(Greek for "way" or "manner) of skepticism in order to produce a suspension (Greek: epoche) of judgment.
- The fullest presentation of these tropes is in the work of Sextus Empiricus