scepsis

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σκέψις (sképsis, examination, observation, consideration). See skeptic.

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Noun

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scepsis (uncountable)

  1. (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.

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