scepsis
See also: Scepsis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σκέψις (sképsis, “examination, observation, consideration”). See skeptic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scepsis (uncountable)
- (chiefly philosophy, uncommon) Skepticism; a skeptical approach or belief.
- 1862 October 13, James Martineau, The Transient and the Permanent in Theology: An Address at the Opening of the Session of Manchester New College […][1], published 1862, page 4:
- Among their products were the system of Locke, the scepsis of Hume, the critical philosophy of Kant.
- 1875, Albert Schwegler, translated by James Hutchison Stirling, Handbook of the History of Philosophy, page 279:
- On the one side it is seen that the sole basis of philosophy is experience, and on the other that scepsis has shaken the credibility of experience.
- 1973, Praxis[2], volume 9/10, page 91:
- Permanent scepsis is, after all, the condition sine qua non of not only philosophy but also of all true social action.
- 2008, Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, →ISBN, page 432:
- The connection with opīnor ‘to suspect’ is difficult for semantic reasons; EM regard it with scepsis.
References edit
- “scepsis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.