Agrippa the Skeptic

Agrippa
Born1st century CE
Philosophical work
EraHellenistic philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolPyrrhonism
Main interestsEpistemology
Notable ideasThe five modes of Agrippa
Agrippan trilemma

Agrippa (Greek: Ἀγρίππας) was a Pyrrhonist philosopher who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century CE. He is regarded as the author of "The Five Tropes (or Modes, in Greek: τρόποι) of Agrippa", which are purported to establish the necessity of suspending judgment (epoché). Agrippa's arguments form the basis of the Agrippan trilemma.