Sextus Empiricus

About Sextus Empiricus

Compiled the definitive handbook of ancient skepticism. Systematized Pyrrhonism with modes of argument against every dogmatic claim. Reported that suspending judgment brought tranquility. His works were rediscovered in the Renaissance and stunned Montaigne. Belonged to the empirical school of medicine, as the name suggests. His outlook deeply rattled Descartes into founding modern philosophy.