Aenesidemus of Cnossus: Testimonia

by Cambridge University Press

Overview

This book provides the first edition of all testimonia on the Sceptic philosopher Aenesidemus of Cnossus, deemed to be the source of Sextus Empiricus, the main representative for us of ancient Scepticism. It will be an essential reference work for all those scholars and students dealing with the history of ancient Scepticism. It provides an extensive philosophical and historical commentary, and throws light on a series of questions concerning the philosophy of the late Academy, Stoic Heracliteanism, and the interaction between medicine and philosophy in the late Hellenistic era.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521190251
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/30/2014
Series:	Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries , #52
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.71(w) x 8.82(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Roberto Polito is a visiting scholar in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, and his main area of interest is Hellenistic philosophy and medicine. His publications include studies on the Sceptical tradition (The Sceptical Road: Aenesidemus' Appropriation of Heraclitus, 2004) and the physician Asclepiades of Bithynia.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. The Sources; Part II. Texts and Commentary: 1. Life; 2. Works.