Pyrrhon (English spelling)

Japanese: ピュロン(英語表記)Pyrrhōn
Pyrrhon (English spelling)
[Born] 365 B.C. Ellis
[Died] c. 275 BC. Greek philosopher from Elis. Founder of the ancient skeptical school. Studied under Anaxarchus of the Democritus school, and accompanied Alexander the Great on his expedition to India. In c. 330 BC, he returned to his hometown to teach and gain popularity. His ideas are only known from fragments of Timon's mocking poems. According to him, our representations of things are beyond the scope of judgment as to whether they are true or false, and each person has the possibility of perceiving or recognizing them differently, so the existence of objective truth or science is impossible. Therefore, in order to stop making any positive claims in the sense of speaking the objective truth, the appropriate path for a philosopher to take is to suspend all judgment (→epoche), and at the same time, this is the only path that leads to peace of mind (→ataraksia). (→skeptical school, skepticism)

Pyrrhon
Pylon

Pylon. A tower-type gate that stands at the main entrance of an ancient Egyptian temple. Generally, the top is horizontal, the tower body is square, sloping inwards, and covered with thick walls. There are stairs inside, and larger ones have small chambers. Although its origin is unclear, many were built after the 18th Dynasty, when temple construction became popular. Large temples may have more than one. Representative remains include the pylons of the Temple of Karnak and the Temple of Luxor.

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Japanese:
[生]前365頃.エリス
[没]前275頃.エリス
ギリシアの哲学者。古懐疑学派の祖。デモクリトス学派のアナクサルコスに学び,アレクサンドロス大王のインド遠征に従ったが,前 330年頃故郷へ帰って教え,信望を集めた。その思想はティモンの嘲笑詩の断片から知られるのみである。彼によれば,われわれの事物に関する表象は真偽の判定の埒外にあり,各人各様の知覚ないし認識の可能性があるから,客観的真実や学問の存在は不可能である。したがってわれわれは客観的真実を語るという意味でのあらゆる積極的な主張をやめるために,一切の判断を差し控えること (→エポケー ) が哲学者のとるべき適切な道であり,同時にそれが心の平穏 (→アタラクシア ) へ導く唯一の道であるとした。 (→懐疑学派 , 懐疑論 )  

ピュロン
pylon

塔門。古代エジプトの神殿の正面入口に立つ塔形式の門。一般に上部が水平な断面となり,塔身は方形で内側に傾斜し,厚い壁でおおわれている。内部には階段があり,大きなものには小室が設けられている。起源は明確ではないが,神殿の造営が盛んになった第 18王朝以後数多く建造されている。大神殿では2つ以上ある場合もある。代表的な遺構はカルナック神殿やルクソール神殿の塔門など。

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