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Pyrrhonian SkepticismSextus Empiricus (Outlines of Pyrrhonism, c. 2nd century CE)

Pyrrhonian skeptics had a term for the relief that follows suspended judgment — ataraxia, a quietness of mind that comes not from resolving a question but from setting it down....

What would remain of your most pressing financial conviction if you gave yourself permission to not decide for 72 hours...

Pyrrhonian SkepticismSextus Empiricus (Outlines of Pyrrhonism, c. 2nd century CE)

Pyrrhonism — the ancient skeptical tradition founded by Pyrrho of Elis — had one practical rule that lawyers, strategists, and anyone who argues for a living should find quietly...

What is the last position you held that you'd describe as 'settled' — and what would it cost you, professionally or...

Pyrrhonian SkepticismSextus Empiricus (Outlines of Pyrrhonism, c. 200 CE)

Pyrrhonian skeptics — the ancient Greek school that took doubt to its radical extreme — had a practice they called *isostheneia*: the deliberate balancing of opposing arguments...

For your strongest current financial conviction, how fluent are you in the opposing case — and when did you last...

Pyrrhonian SkepticismSextus Empiricus (Outlines of Pyrrhonism, ~200 CE)

Pyrrhonian skeptics — the radical doubt philosophers of ancient Greece — practiced something they called epoché — the deliberate suspension of all confident judgment — and...

What is the last confident position you held that quietly cost you energy to maintain — and what would you actually...

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