{"id":3306,"date":"2020-03-07T16:24:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T16:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/human-condition-as-pyrrhonian-predicament-diagnosis-and-cure\/"},"modified":"2020-03-07T16:24:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T16:24:57","slug":"human-condition-as-pyrrhonian-predicament-diagnosis-and-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/human-condition-as-pyrrhonian-predicament-diagnosis-and-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Pyrrhonian Predicament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">It is widely admitted that there is something deeply unsatisfactory about the human condition. &#0160;One aspect of our wretched state is recognized and addressed by the Pyrrhonists: we want certain knowledge but it eludes us. And so we must content ourselves with belief. But beliefs are in conflict and this conflict causes suffering which ranges from mental turmoil to physical violence. &#0160;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Ours is a two-fold misery. We lack what we want and need, knowledge. We must make do with a substitute that engenders bitter controversy, belief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Skeptic solution? Live belieflessly, <em>adoxastos<\/em>! But that is no solution at all, or so say I.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">For details, see the following meatier entries:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2017\/02\/is-pyrrhonism-a-doctrine.html\">Is Pyrrhonism a Doctrine? Can One Live without Beliefs?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2017\/03\/the-pious-pyrrhonian-is-beliefless-piety-possible.html\">The Pious Pyrrhonian: Is Beliefless Piety Possible?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is widely admitted that there is something deeply unsatisfactory about the human condition. &#0160;One aspect of our wretched state is recognized and addressed by the Pyrrhonists: we want certain knowledge but it eludes us. And so we must content ourselves with belief. But beliefs are in conflict and this conflict causes suffering which ranges &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/human-condition-as-pyrrhonian-predicament-diagnosis-and-cure\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Our Pyrrhonian Predicament&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,372,222,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-skepticism","category-belief","category-happiness","category-human-predicament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}