Dogma: The Disease of the Mind

Douglas C. Bates
4 min readApr 21, 2022

What Do Pyrrhonists Mean By “Dogma”?

This is the second of two articles promised in my review of Plínio Junqueira Smith’s book, Sextus Empiricus’ Neo-Pyrrhonism. As the book is expensive and dense, but its ideas are tremendously valuable for understanding Pyrrhonism, this is one in a series of articles to expand upon and unpack those ideas for people who are interested in understanding the practice of…

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Douglas C. Bates

Ancient Greek philosophies of life. http://www.pyrrhonism.org Author of “Pyrrho’s Way: The Ancient Greek Version of Buddhism.”