A manual of classical wisdom to learn to live with the serenity of a skeptic, challenging dogmatism and thus achieving a state of calm and tranquility.

Skepticism is, along with Stoicism and Epicureanism, one of the three main schools of ancient Greek philosophy. It is a way of thinking and a way of life. This unparalleled introduction to skepticism offers a fresh and modern translation of the fundamental passages of the work of Sextus Empiricus, the only Greek skeptic whose writings have survived to this day.

While in daily life he was content to accept things as they appeared to be, Sextus devised a set of techniques to achieve this. In essence, it is about radically suspending judgment about how things really are. Sextus believed that non-judgment is useful to challenge dogmatism and to achieve a state of calm and tranquility. What we can learn from Sextus today is the attitude of always being willing to consider opposing points of view and not clinging to definitive answers, something that undoubtedly leads to greater open-mindedness.

The Art of Cultivating an Open Mind presents a magnificent selection of passages from the work of Sextus Empiricus, a perfect antidote to the dogmatism of our polarized world.