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Title

The sceptical road : Aenesidemus' appropriation of Heraclitus / by Roberto Polito.

Author

Polito, Roberto, 1966-

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

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Details

Description

viii, 202 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

The revival of Scepticism in the first century B.C. is due to Aenesidemus of Cnossus. Nonetheless, very little is known of him, and much of it seems to suggest that his thought tended more towards Dogmatism, and Heraclitean philosophy in particular. The puzzle has set the scene for a long-term debate, but, as yet, no agreed solution has been propounded. The present book provides a close examination of ancient evidence as well as of critical literature, and arrives at the conclusion that Aenesidemus merely intended to offer a Sceptical interpretation of Heraclitus, and that the ideas which are incorporated in it voice distinctive features of his Scepticism.

Series Statement

Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; v. 96

Uniform Title

Philosophia antiqua ; v. 96.

Subject

• Aenesidemus, of Cnossus
• Heraclitus, of Ephesus
• Aenesidemus, of Cnossus
• Heraclitus, of Ephesus > Criticism and interpretation
• Scepticisme
• Filosofia antiga
• Filosofia grega
• Pré-socráticos
• Skeptics (Greek philosophy)

Note

• Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Cambridge, 1999, originally presented under the title: Aenesidemus' interpretation of Heraclitus.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-197) and index.

Contents

Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SOURCES -- TRUTH (SEXT. EMP. M. 8.8) -- SCEPTICISM -- INTRODUCTION -- SOUL AND THE BODY -- SEXTUS ON HERACLITUS (M. 7.126-134) -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX I: TIME (SEXT EMP. M 10.216-218) -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX NOMINUM -- PHILOSOPHIA ANTIQUA / K.A. ALGRA , F.A.J. DE HAAS , J. MANSFELD and D.T. RUNIA.

ISBN

• 9004137424
• 9789004137424

LCCN

2004043503

OCLC

• ocm54103881
• 54103881
• SCSB-9465281

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library