Sextus Empiricus Quotes on Knowledge
Sextus Empiricus was a Greek physician and philosopher of the second and early third centuries AD, the principal extant source for ancient Pyrrhonian Skepticism. This page collects quotes attributed to Sextus Empiricus on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Sextus Empiricus:
“Suspension of judgement is a state of mental rest, owing to which we neither deny nor affirm anything.”
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Attributed to Sextus Empiricus:
“We oppose appearances to appearances, or thoughts to thoughts, or alternately appearances to thoughts.”
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Attributed to Sextus Empiricus:
“The end of skepticism is tranquillity.”
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Attributed to Sextus Empiricus:
“To every account an equal account is opposed.”
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Attributed to Sextus Empiricus:
“We do not seek to overturn what is presented as the experience of others.”
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Attributed to Sextus Empiricus:
“The Skeptic, in fact, had the same experience which is said to have befallen the painter Apelles, who, despairing of representing the foam of his subject, threw his sponge at the picture and produced the very effect he had failed to achieve.”