Ancient · c. 160–210
Who influenced Sextus Empiricus?
Influences and legacy
Pyrrhonian skeptic whose Outlines taught Europe how to doubt systematically.
Sextus Empiricus was influenced by Timon of Phlius, and went on to influence Michel de Montaigne. That is 2 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was Sextus Empiricus?
Sextus Empiricus was a Greek physician of the Empiric school and a Pyrrhonist philosopher. His works are the fullest surviving account of ancient Pyrrhonist scepticism, and because they argue against the other Hellenistic schools they are also a major source on those philosophies.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Sextus Empiricus?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- Timon of Phlius c. 320–230 BC
Who did Sextus Empiricus influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on Sextus Empiricus.
- Michel de Montaigne 1533–1592
The line of teachers behind Sextus Empiricus
The longest documented line of influence ending at Sextus Empiricus runs 2 generations back, to Pyrrho.
- Pyrrho
- Timon of Phlius
- Sextus Empiricus
Two steps away from Sextus Empiricus
Indirect influences
- Through Timon of Phlius: Pyrrho
The second generation
Contemporaries of Sextus Empiricus
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Sextus Empiricus, with no direct line between them.
- Tertullian c. 155–220
- Nagarjuna c. 150–250
- Clement of Alexandria c. 150–215
- Origen c. 185–254
Sextus Empiricus by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 2
- Thinkers downstream
- 135
- Wikipedia languages
- 46 — #44 of 54 among ancient philosophers
- Card rarity
- Rare
Questions about Sextus Empiricus
- Who influenced Sextus Empiricus?
- Timon of Phlius.
- Who did Sextus Empiricus influence?
- Michel de Montaigne.
- When did Sextus Empiricus live?
- c. 160–210. The map files Sextus Empiricus under the ancient world.
- How rare is the Sextus Empiricus card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Sextus Empiricus in 46 languages, which makes it a Rare card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
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