 When comparing Pyrrhonian and Academic skepticism, two topics stand out: Pyrrhonism aims at tranquility; and it assigns pride of place to appearances. Anecdotes about Pyrrho’s life (365/60–275/70 BC) convey how unaffected he was (DL 9.61–69). This kind of ideal—a tranquil state of mind—is not part of Academic skepticism, and scholars disagree on its role in Pyrrhonism (Machuca 2006; Striker 2010; Perin 2020; on Democritean influences on tranquility in Pyrrho and Timon, cf. Svavarsson 2013). Insofar as the point of the anecdotes about Pyrrho’s life is that Pyrrho did not avoid or pursue anything with fervor, or that he did not despair about things that other people find terrible, they capture ideas that remain central to Pyrrhonism (for a general account of early Pyrrhonism, cf. Castagnoli 2013; on Sextus’ take on Pyrrhonian tranquility, cf. Svavarsson 2015).