AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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Emerged as a supreme power among the European countries
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a huge collection of paintings and sculptures
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the wisest men of the time
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many scholars and sceptics
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Detailed explanation-1: -The putative father of Greek skepticism, however, was Pyrrhon of Elis (c. 360–c. 272 bce), who undertook the rare effort of trying to live his skepticism. He avoided committing himself to any views about what the world was really like and acted only according to appearances.
Detailed explanation-2: -Baruch Spinoza and religious skepticism Baruch Spinoza was among the first European philosophers who were religious skeptics.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pyrrhon Of Elis, Pyrrhon also spelled Pyrrho, (born c. 360 bc-died c. 272), Greek philosopher from whom Pyrrhonism takes its name; he is generally accepted as the father of Skepticism. Pyrrhon was a pupil of Anaxarchus of Abdera and in about 330 established himself as a teacher at Elis.
Detailed explanation-4: -The skeptical tradition originated in the Hellenistic period of ancient philosophy. After mostly lying dormant through much of the medieval era, it was revived and-to some extent-transformed in early modern philosophy.