Sextus Empiricus identifies a possible counterargument to Skepticism, one based

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Sextus Empiricus identifies a possible counterargument to Skepticism, one based on the idea that the Skeptic seems to be contradicting themselves (and which he offers a defense against). Which of the following best captures this supposed contradiction? 1.Skepticism seems to claim that we should suspend belief, but this requires that we NOT suspend belief about "whether or not we should suspend belief." 2.The Skeptic seems to be pursuing a state of quietude, but this state is achieved just as easily by the alternatives to Skepticism. 3.The Skeptic claims that we ought not pursue pleasure because it always leads to pain, but this argument seems to already concede that pleasure is preferable to pain, as well as the absence of pleasure.

Explanation / Answer

Scepticism is an ability to set out oppositions among things which appear and are thought of in any way at all, an ability by which, because of the equipollence in the opposed objects and accounts, we come first to suspension of judgment and afterwards to tranquillity.

So 1st point describes it the best.

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