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Scepsis

Scepsis \Scep"sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? doubt, fr. ? to consider: cf. G. skepsis. See Skeptic.] Skepticism; skeptical philosophy. [R.]

Among their products were the system of Locke, the scepsis of Hume, the critical philosophy of Kant.
--J. Martineau.

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scepsis

n. skepticism; skeptical philosophy

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Scepsis (genus)

Scepsis is a genus of horseflies of the family Tabanidae. It was defined by Walker in 1850, with S. nivalis as the type species.

Usage examples of "scepsis".

Pyrrhon and his pupil Timon, and based upon the town of Scepsis in the Troad, hence the name.

Only out of radical scepsis, out of moral chaos, can the Absolute spring, the anointed Terror of which the time has need.