Pyrrho
~360–270 BCE
“Suspend judgment. Reach tranquility through accepting the impossibility of certainty.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- SRSkeptical Reflex10 / 10
- ATAscetic Tendency8 / 10
- POPractical Orientation7 / 10
- SISelf as Illusion7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- KrishnamurtiTHRESHOLD
Truth is a pathless land. Question all authority. Freedom is in direct seeing, not in following.
- Sextus EmpiricusTOUCHSTONE
For every argument an equal counter-argument. Live by appearances; suspend belief.
- AenesidemusTOUCHSTONE
Revived Pyrrhonism — the ten tropes against dogmatic claims.
- WittgensteinTOUCHSTONE
The limits of my language are the limits of my world. Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
- BodhidharmaTHRESHOLD
A special transmission outside the scriptures. Direct pointing at the mind. See your own nature.
- Sextus Empiricus the YoungerTOUCHSTONE
Outlines of Pyrrhonism — full inventory of the skeptical method.
Concepts where Pyrrho sits in the conversation. Each links to a primer.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Pyrrho's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Pyrrho or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREPyrrho vs KrishnamurtiOn Mull's map Krishnamurti sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶