Arkesilaos

Japanese: Arkesilaos
Arkesilaos

...Early on, there was Pyrrho (whose name became another name for skepticism) and his disciple Timon, who taught that since it is impossible to make a definite judgment about anything, in order to obtain peace of mind (ataraxia), one should practice the reservation of judgment (epoche). In the middle period, they were represented by Arkesilaos and Carneades, who were the heads of the Academy, a school associated with Plato. They attacked Stoicism as dogmatism, and the latter in particular taught that one should be satisfied with probabilistic knowledge (the terms Academy and Neo-Academician are sometimes used as synonyms for skeptics). ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Arkesilaos" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…初期にはピュロン(その名に由来するピュロニズムは懐疑論の別名となった)とその弟子ティモンTimōnがおり,彼らは何事についても確実な判断を下すのは不可能であるから,心の平静(アタラクシア)を得るためには判断の留保(エポケー)を実践すべきことを説いた。中期はプラトンゆかりの学園アカデメイアの学頭であったアルケシラオスArkesilaosとカルネアデスKarneadēsに代表される。彼らはストア主義を独断論として攻撃し,とくに後者は蓋然的知識で満足すべきことを説いた(アカデメイア派ないし新アカデメイア派の語も懐疑論者の代名詞として用いられることがある)。…

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