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Sextus presents suspension of judgment, the skeptical modes and guidance for practical life. His is an ongoing inquiry, not a settled doctrine that nothing can be known.
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Guided course · Module 5 · Lesson 26
What if inquiry does not settle the dispute?
Sextus Empiricus gives reasons for suspending judgment while inquiry continues, and shows how a skeptic can still act. His challenge is set beside Plato’s search for a starting point that rests on no assumption.