The immorality of the Pyrrhonists
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https://doi.org/10.17533/10.17533/udea.ef.n60a04Keywords:
Pyrrhonism, Aristocles of Messene, immorality objection, apraxia objection, Aristotelian theory of virtueAbstract
In this paper I revisit Aristocles’ formulation of the objection of immorality addressed to the Pyrrhonists (apud Eusebio Praep. Ev. 14.18.18-19), as well as a possible skeptical answer transmitted by the same source (14.18.20). Concerning the objection, I will try to show that it is an ethical and not a practical charge, which should not therefore be confused with the objection of apraxia. Concerning the answer, I will argue that it is necessarily a de ationary solution, which leaves part of the accusation intact, simply because the Pyrrhonist cannot and should not admit the terms in which it has been raised.
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