Antoine Arnauld Quotes

Thus Pyrrhonism is not a sect of people who are persuaded of what they say, but it is a sect of liars.

Antoine Arnauld

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• Thus Pyrrhonism is not a sect of people who are persuaded of what they say, but it is a sect of liars.

  

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  • Pyrrhonism