Pyrrhoniann.adj.

Brit.

/pᵻˈrəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/pəˈroʊniən/

Forms: 1500s– Pyrrhonian, 1600s Phyrrhonian, 1600s Phyrrhenian, 1600s Pyrhonian, 1600s Pyrrhonien, 1600s–1700s Pyrrhonean.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: proper name Pyrrhōn- , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Pyrrhōn-, Pyrrhō (ancient Greek Πύρρων), the name of Pyrrho of Elis (c300 b.c.), founder of the first school of Greek sceptic philosophy + -ian suffix, probably after classical Latin pyrrhōnius, adjective and noun. Compare Middle French pyrrhonien, adjective and noun (1546 in Rabelais; French pyrrhonien).In form Pyrrhenian , after adjectives in -enian (compare Origenian adj., etc.). With the form Pyrrhonean compare -ean suffix and classical Latin pyrrhōneus, variant of pyrrhōnius (see above).

Chiefly Philosophy.

A. n.

A follower or adherent of Pyrrho of Elis; an advocate of Pyrrhonism; a sceptic.

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1556 N. Grimald in tr. Cicero Thre Bokes Duties ii. 65 We ar not thei, whose minde wandereth in errour, & hath not at all, what to folowe. [Margin] As the Pyrrhonians.

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. ii. f. 5a Anaxarchus was of this opinion..which the Pyrrhonians taught after him.

1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. sig. Cc7^v Being half a Pyrrhonian concerning these Terrene businesses.

1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. vi. §38. 356 If he be a true Aristotelian, or Platonist, or Pyrrhonian, or Epicurean.

1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 28 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I The Pyrrhonians..who bring all certainty in question.

1702 Lives Anc. Philosophers xii. 410 These all were call'd Pyrrhonians, from their Master.

1751 D. Hume Ess. Human Understanding (ed. 2) xii. ii. 252 A Pyrrhonian cannot propose that his Philosophy will have any constant Influence on the Mind.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. Notes p. lxxxv/1 Julian..expresses a pious joy, that the providence of the gods..for the most part destroyed the books of the Pyrrhonians and Epicureans.

1811 Ld. Byron Let. 3 Sept. (1973) II. 89 I would sooner be a Paulician, Manichean, Spinozist, Gentile, Pyrrhonian, Zoroastrian, than one of the seventy-two villainous sects who are tearing each other to pieces for the love of the Lord.

1850 Amer. Whig Rev. Jan. 49/1 Niether can we conceive any sane mind (Pyrrhonians are not sane) that will doubt for the sake of doubting.

1878 C. P. Krauth Vocab. Philos. Sci. 11 All sceptics and Pyrrhonians were called acataleptics.

1900 Q. Rev. Oct. 432 If one has the misfortune not to be a Christian, it is wise to be a Pyrrhonian.

1951 Philos. Q. 1 386 In every one of his discussion of the extreme skeptical view of the Pyrrhonians, Hume contended that such a position could not be refuted by reason, and yet, at the same time, could not be believed.

2002 L. Floridi Sextus Empiricus i. 17 Bede suggests that a questioning attitude—not universal and unqualified, as is the case with the Academics and the Pyrrhonians, who mistakenly doubt everything..but focused on specific cases—may turn out to be far from useless.

B. adj.

Also with lower-case initial. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Pyrrho or Pyrrhonism; adhering to the sceptical doctrines of Pyrrho; sceptical.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scepticism > [adjective] > of Pyrrhonism

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of sceptic philosophy > of systems of

New Academic1603

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1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 305 I see the Pyrhonian Phylosophers, who can by no manner of speech expresse their General conceit: for they had neede of a new language.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §159 The most pyrrhonian incredulity may be evinced.

1678 T. Manton Serm. xiv, in Wks. (1871) II. 321 The Pyrrhonian conceit that the whole world is but a fantasy.

1709 C. Owen Life & Writings J. Owen xv. 141 As the Pyrrhonian Modesty, which pretended to know nothing, was destructive of Natural Religion; so is the Socinian Confidence, which undertakes to comprehend all Things..destructive of Supernatural Religion.

1751 D. Hume Ess. Human Understanding (ed. 2) xii. iii. 254 The natural Result of the Pyrrhonian Doubts and Scruples.

1791 W. Anderson Philos. Anc. Greece vii. 412 In the reasoning of the modern sceptics, the Pyrrhonian argument is adopted; but has been cast, as it is thought, into a more advantageous form.

1853 Littell's Living Age 19 Nov. 480/2 Restless spirits will proceed from the negation of dogmatic infallibility to pyrrhonian scepticism.

1869 Ladies' Repository Oct. 297/1 Pyrrho, a native of Elis, in Peloponnesus, first founded a skeptical or Pyrrhonian School of Philosophy about 290 B.C.

1889 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 5 238 No. 17 makes known to us one Menekles, a pyrrhonian philosopher, who prides himself of having realized the pyrrhonian ideal of ataraxia, i.e., of an existence serene and free from passions.

1908 Hibbert Jrnl. Apr. 586 The form of consolation offered us by the Pyrrhonian writers of the day.

1936 Mind 45 347 Complete suspense of judgement was impossible to maintain; so the pyrrhonian skeptic of the study became the mitigated skeptic of the salon.

2001 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 34 385 The philosophy of ancient Academic and especially Pyrrhonian scepticism..which produced arguments doubting the possibility of certain knowledge and truth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyrrhonian
释义	Pyrrhoniann.adj. Brit. /pᵻˈrəʊnɪən/, U.S. /pəˈroʊniən/ Forms: 1500s– Pyrrhonian, 1600s Phyrrhonian, 1600s Phyrrhenian, 1600s Pyrhonian, 1600s Pyrrhonien, 1600s–1700s Pyrrhonean. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: proper name Pyrrhōn- , -ian suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Pyrrhōn-, Pyrrhō (ancient Greek Πύρρων), the name of Pyrrho of Elis (c300 b.c.), founder of the first school of Greek sceptic philosophy + -ian suffix, probably after classical Latin pyrrhōnius, adjective and noun. Compare Middle French pyrrhonien, adjective and noun (1546 in Rabelais; French pyrrhonien).In form Pyrrhenian , after adjectives in -enian (compare Origenian adj., etc.). With the form Pyrrhonean compare -ean suffix and classical Latin pyrrhōneus, variant of pyrrhōnius (see above). Chiefly Philosophy. A. n. A follower or adherent of Pyrrho of Elis; an advocate of Pyrrhonism; a sceptic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scepticism > [noun] > Pyrrhonism > adherent of or radical sceptic Pyrrhonian1556 Pyrrhonic1593 Pyrrhonist1598 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Greek scepticism > adherent of Pyrrhonian1556 sceptic1587 Pyrrhonic1593 Pyrrhonist1598 Epochist1603 zetetic1658 New Academic1660 acataleptic1679 1556 N. Grimald in tr. Cicero Thre Bokes Duties ii. 65 We ar not thei, whose minde wandereth in errour, & hath not at all, what to folowe. [Margin] As the Pyrrhonians. 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. ii. f. 5a Anaxarchus was of this opinion..which the Pyrrhonians taught after him. 1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. sig. Cc7^v Being half a Pyrrhonian concerning these Terrene businesses. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. vi. §38. 356 If he be a true Aristotelian, or Platonist, or Pyrrhonian, or Epicurean. 1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 28 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I The Pyrrhonians..who bring all certainty in question. 1702 Lives Anc. Philosophers xii. 410 These all were call'd Pyrrhonians, from their Master. 1751 D. Hume Ess. Human Understanding (ed. 2) xii. ii. 252 A Pyrrhonian cannot propose that his Philosophy will have any constant Influence on the Mind. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. Notes p. lxxxv/1 Julian..expresses a pious joy, that the providence of the gods..for the most part destroyed the books of the Pyrrhonians and Epicureans. 1811 Ld. Byron Let. 3 Sept. (1973) II. 89 I would sooner be a Paulician, Manichean, Spinozist, Gentile, Pyrrhonian, Zoroastrian, than one of the seventy-two villainous sects who are tearing each other to pieces for the love of the Lord. 1850 Amer. Whig Rev. Jan. 49/1 Niether can we conceive any sane mind (Pyrrhonians are not sane) that will doubt for the sake of doubting. 1878 C. P. Krauth Vocab. Philos. Sci. 11 All sceptics and Pyrrhonians were called acataleptics. 1900 Q. Rev. Oct. 432 If one has the misfortune not to be a Christian, it is wise to be a Pyrrhonian. 1951 Philos. Q. 1 386 In every one of his discussion of the extreme skeptical view of the Pyrrhonians, Hume contended that such a position could not be refuted by reason, and yet, at the same time, could not be believed. 2002 L. Floridi Sextus Empiricus i. 17 Bede suggests that a questioning attitude—not universal and unqualified, as is the case with the Academics and the Pyrrhonians, who mistakenly doubt everything..but focused on specific cases—may turn out to be far from useless. B. adj. Also with lower-case initial. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Pyrrho or Pyrrhonism; adhering to the sceptical doctrines of Pyrrho; sceptical. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scepticism > [adjective] > of Pyrrhonism Pyrrhonian1603 Pyrrhonic1752 Pyrrhonistic1846 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of sceptic philosophy > of systems of New Academic1603 Pyrrhonian1603 Pyrrhonical1616 Pyrrhonic1752 Pyrrhonistic1846 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 305 I see the Pyrhonian Phylosophers, who can by no manner of speech expresse their General conceit: for they had neede of a new language. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §159 The most pyrrhonian incredulity may be evinced. 1678 T. Manton Serm. xiv, in Wks. (1871) II. 321 The Pyrrhonian conceit that the whole world is but a fantasy. 1709 C. Owen Life & Writings J. Owen xv. 141 As the Pyrrhonian Modesty, which pretended to know nothing, was destructive of Natural Religion; so is the Socinian Confidence, which undertakes to comprehend all Things..destructive of Supernatural Religion. 1751 D. Hume Ess. Human Understanding (ed. 2) xii. iii. 254 The natural Result of the Pyrrhonian Doubts and Scruples. 1791 W. Anderson Philos. Anc. Greece vii. 412 In the reasoning of the modern sceptics, the Pyrrhonian argument is adopted; but has been cast, as it is thought, into a more advantageous form. 1853 Littell's Living Age 19 Nov. 480/2 Restless spirits will proceed from the negation of dogmatic infallibility to pyrrhonian scepticism. 1869 Ladies' Repository Oct. 297/1 Pyrrho, a native of Elis, in Peloponnesus, first founded a skeptical or Pyrrhonian School of Philosophy about 290 B.C. 1889 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 5 238 No. 17 makes known to us one Menekles, a pyrrhonian philosopher, who prides himself of having realized the pyrrhonian ideal of ataraxia, i.e., of an existence serene and free from passions. 1908 Hibbert Jrnl. Apr. 586 The form of consolation offered us by the Pyrrhonian writers of the day. 1936 Mind 45 347 Complete suspense of judgement was impossible to maintain; so the pyrrhonian skeptic of the study became the mitigated skeptic of the salon. 2001 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 34 385 The philosophy of ancient Academic and especially Pyrrhonian scepticism..which produced arguments doubting the possibility of certain knowledge and truth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1556
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