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Pyrrhonian, a. and n.|pɪˈrəʊnɪən|
Also 7 -ien, 8 -ean.
[a. F. pyrrhonien (Rabelais, 16th c.), f. L. pyrrhōnius, -eus adj. and n. (f. Pyrrho, Gr. Πύρρων, name of a sceptic philosopher of Elis: see definition s.v. Pyrrhonism): see -an.]
A. adj. = Pyrrhonic a.
1651Biggs New Disp. §159 The most pyrrhonian incredulity may be evinced. 1678Manton Serm. xiv. Wks. 1871 II. 321 The Pyrrhonian conceit that the whole world is but a fantasy. 1751Hume Ess. Hum. Underst. (ed. 2) xii. iii. 254 The natural Result of the Pyrrhonian Doubts and Scruples. 1908Hibbert Jrnl. Apr. 586 The form of consolation offered us by the Pyrrhonian writers of the day.
B. n. = Pyrrhonist.
1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. vi. §38. 356 If he be a true Aristotelian, or Platonist, or Pyrrhonian, or Epicurean. 1683Dryden Life Plutarch in Pl.'s Lives (1700) I. 18 The Pyrrhonians..who bring all certainty in Question. 1751Hume Ess. Hum. Underst. (ed. 2) xii. ii. 252 A Pyrrhonian cannot propose that his Philosophy will have any constant Influence on the Mind. 1900Q. Rev. Oct. 432 If one has the misfortune not to be a Christian, it is wise to be a Pyrrhonian. |