not resist the evidence of the sensations, he wished even here to meet with antagonists who would endeavour to refute his positions i.e. he felt the need of subjecting afresh what he had provisionally set down in his own mind as true to the examination of scepticism; and on the other hand, he did not doubt of arriving at a sure conviction respecting the ultimate end of life. Notes References Attribution: Further reading Brittain, Charles, Philo of Larissa (Oxford University Press, 2001) External links 150s BC births 80s BC deaths Academic philosophers Ancient Skeptic philosophers Ancient Larissaeans Roman-era Macedonians Roman-era philosophers in Athens 1st-century BC philosophers 2nd-century BC Greek people 1st-century BC Greek people