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Agrippa the Skeptic
100 - 100
Agrippa the Skeptic
Agrippa (Greek: Ἀγρίππας) was a Pyrrhonist philosopher who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century CE. He is regarded as the author of "The Five Tropes (or Modes, in Greek: τρόποι) of Agrippa", which are purported to establish the necessity of suspending judgment (epoché). Agrippa's arguments form the basis of the Agrippan trilemma. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agrippa the Skeptic is the 571st most popular philosopher (down from 483rd in 2019). (down from 634th in 2019)
Agrippa the skeptic is most famous for his book, "De occulta philosophia," in which he argues that it is impossible to know anything about the supernatural world because we cannot know what is natural and what is supernatural.
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Among philosophers, Agrippa the Skeptic ranks 571 out of 1,267. Before him are Ananda Coomaraswamy, Bardaisan, Hans Vaihinger, Hu Shih, Philipp Mainländer, and Nancy Fraser. After him are Antonio Labriola, Jean-Marie Guyau, Nicos Poulantzas, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, María Zambrano, and Karl Christian Friedrich Krause.
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Among people born in 100, Agrippa the Skeptic ranks 37. Before him are Mucianus, Mary the Jewess, Gan Ying, Epaphroditus, Marcus Annius Verus, and Praxedes. After him are Saint Sabina, Artabanus III of Parthia, Saint Publius, Lusius Quietus, Carpocrates, and Aelianus Tacticus. Among people deceased in 100, Agrippa the Skeptic ranks 53. Before him are Gaius Julius Civilis, Locusta, Mucianus, Valerius Gratus, Mary the Jewess, and Livia Orestilla. After him are Tiridates III of Parthia, Archippus, Veleda, Andronicus of Pannonia, John of Patmos, and Epaphras.
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