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Single Idea 1805
[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
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Full Idea
Fifth mode: judgements vary according to local custom, law and culture (Persians marry their daughters).
Clarification
'Law' is the Greek word 'nomos', which also translates as 'convention'
Gist of Idea
Judgements vary according to local culture and law (Mode 5)
Source
report of Pyrrho (reports [c.325 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 09.Py.9
Book Ref
Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.410
The
17 ideas
from 'reports'
1798
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He studied philosophy by suspending his judgement on everything
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1800
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Sceptics say reason is only an instrument, because reason can only be attacked with reason
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1801
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Animals vary in their feelings and judgements (Mode 1)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1804
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Perception varies with madness or disease (Mode 4)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1808
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Perception of things depends on their size or quantity (Mode 8)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1806
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Perception of objects depends on surrounding conditions (Mode 6)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1809
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Perception is affected by expectations (Mode 9)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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6595
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If we need a criterion of truth, we need to know whether it is the correct criterion
[Pyrrho, by Fogelin]
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1807
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Perception varies with viewing distance and angle (Mode 7)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1810
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Perception and judgement depend on comparison (Mode 10)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1802
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Individuals vary in responses and feelings (Mode 2)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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6593
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The Pyrrhonians attacked the dogmas of professors, not ordinary people
[Pyrrho, by Fogelin]
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1803
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Objects vary according to which sense perceives them (Mode 3)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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6592
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Academics said that Pyrrhonians were guilty of 'negative dogmatism'
[Pyrrho, by Fogelin]
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1805
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Judgements vary according to local culture and law (Mode 5)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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3062
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There are no causes, because they are relative, and alike things can't cause one another
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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3063
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Motion can't move where it is, and can't move where it isn't, so it can't exist
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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