# Freethought and Freedom: Skepticism

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/freethought-and-freedom-skepticism>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** December 6, 2017

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Pyrrhonic skepticism had a tremendous influence on religious debates in post-Reformation Europe.

Pyrrhonic skepticism had a tremendous influence on religious debates in post-Reformation Europe.

[Originally published in essay form on May 1, 2015.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/freethought-freedom-skepticism)