Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge c8.72

c8.72

(172) One difference that we seem to observe on the surface is that Pyrrho's scepticism appears to be all-embracing while the scepticism of the three schools outlined above seems to have been more or less confined to moral propositions. But this appearance is deceptive. With regard to all three of these schools, it is stated, that they gave sceptical answers 'when questioned on each and every matter' (tattha tattha pañham puṭṭho, D.I, pp. 24, 25, 26). The reason for high-lighting the ethical examples was probably due to the Buddhists themselves being mainly concerned with this aspect of their teachings just as much as the account given by Sīlāṅka of the different 'types' of Sceptics (*v. supra*, 157) gave one the impression that the Sceptics were mainly interested in the concepts and categories of Jainism.