suspension of judgement

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• Arcesilaus — (c. 316–242 BC) The founder of the middle Academy of Athens, and the first to break with the older Platonic cosmologies in favour of scepticism . The running battle between the Academy and the Stoics started with his attack on the basis of… …   Philosophy dictionary