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Single Idea 3061

[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism ]

Full Idea

Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing.

Gist of Idea

Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing

Source

report of Anaxarchus (fragments/reports [c.340 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 09.10.1

Book Ref

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.400