SET ALONGSIDE STOICISM and Epicureanism, Scepticism looks like the odd one out. The other two seem obvious paths to tranquillity and ‘human flourishing’: they teach you to prepare for life’s difficulties, to pay attention, to develop good habits of thought, and to practise therapeutic tricks on yourself. Scepticism seems a more limited matter. A sceptic is taken to be someone who always wants to see proof, and who doubts things that other people take at face value.
