Editing Arcesilaus (section)

==Commentary on Arcesilaus==
The [[Pyrrhonism|Pyrrhonist]] philosopher and contemporary of Arcesilaus, [[Timon of Phlius]] ridiculed Arcesilaus in his ''[[Silloi]]'', but also praised him in ''Funeral Banquet of Arcesilaus''.<ref name=:0>[[Diogenes Laërtius]] ''Lives of the Eminent Philosophers'' Book IX, Chapter 12, Section 114–115 [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0258%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D12]</ref> Fragments from Timon about Arcesilaus include:
* "Having the lead of [[Menedemus]] at his heart, he will run either to that mass of flesh, [[Pyrrho]], or to [[Diodorus Cronus|Diodorus]]."
* "I shall swim to [[Pyrrho]] and to crooked [[Diodorus Cronus|Diodorus]]."
* "And mixing sound sense with wily cavils."<ref>[[Diogenes Laërtius]] ''Lives of the Eminent Philosophers'' Book IV, Chapter 6, Section 33 [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0258%3Abook%3D4%3Achapter%3D6#noteb]</ref>

[[Blaise Pascal]] wrote of Arcesilaus in his ''[[Pensées]]'' (1669, para. 375):
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I have seen changes in all nations and men, and thus after many changes of judgement regarding true justice, I have recognized that our nature was but in continual change, and I have not changed since; and if I changed, I would confirm my opinion. The skeptic Arcesilaus, who became a dogmatist.
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