Timon of Phlius

Greek skeptical philosopher who was Pyrrho of Elis's disciple and wrote the Silloi — satirical hexameters mocking all dogmatic philosophers — and the Indalmoi, both primary sources for ancient Pyrrhonism.

Preserved and transmitted Pyrrho's radical skepticism — ataraxia (tranquility) follows from epochē (suspension of judgment) — and the satirical Silloi demonstrate that skepticism produces not nihilism but a kind of liberated laughter at philosophical pretension.