Note 40 — Chapter XXII · PYRRHO.
Oswald J. (Oswald Joseph) Reichel translation
According to an anecdote preserved by Antigonus of Carystus (Aristocl. l.c. 18, 19; Diog. ix. 66), Pyrrho apologised for being agitated by saving: It is difficult to lay aside humanity altogether. This language only proves what his aim was, and that he had found no mediating principle between the apathy required by his system and practical needs. Neither do the remarks of Ritter, iii. 451, prove that the doctrine of moderation belongs to Pyrrho and his school. ↑