CETICISMO, VERDADE E VIDA

Ancient Skepticism is a way of life. Both Academics and Pyrrhonians think that suspension of judgement is the only way to happiness and wisdom. In Antiquity, Skepticism received several objections, such as the argument of apraxia, but the main objection raised against it (and the most influent in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries) may have been Augustine’s struggle to recast the concept of wisdom. According to Augustine, wisdom should not be defined as mere abstention from error, and happiness is not conceivable if one does not attain what one desires. Hence, from Cicero and Sextus Empiricus to Augustine, there is a significant shift in the way the relationship between truth and good life is assessed, and this is a shift that casts light on the differences of Modern philosophers, such as Montaigne and Pascal. philosophers, such as Montaigne and Pascal