Pyrrho

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Pyrrho
Pyrrho of Elis, marble head, Roman copy, Archaeological Museum of Corfu
Born	c. 365–360 BC Elis, Greece
Died	c. 275–270 BC (aged c. 85–95) Elis, Greece
Era	Hellenistic philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Skepticism Pyrrhonism
Main interests	Epistemology, metaphysics, ethics
Notable ideas	Philosophical skepticism, ataraxia, adiaphora, epoché

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Pyrrho of Elis (/ˈpɪroʊ/; Ancient Greek: Πύρρων ὁ Ἠλεῖος, romanized: Pyrrhо̄n ho Ēleios; c. 360 – c. 270 BC) was a Greek philosopher of Classical antiquity, credited as being the first Greek skeptic philosopher and founder of Pyrrhonism.