
Aenesidemus of Cnossus
Testimonia
Cambridge University Press
Published on 22. April 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
403 pages
978-1-009-01488-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides the first edition of all the testimonia on the Sceptic philosopher Aenesidemus of Cnossus, who is deemed to be the source of Sextus Empiricus, the main surviving authority on 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. It will be an essential reference work for all those scholars and students dealing with the history of ancient Scepticism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
507 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-01488-5 (9781009014885)
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Aenesidemus of Cnossus
Testimonia
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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.
Content
Introduction; Part I. The Sources; Part II. Texts and Commentary: 1. Life; 2. Works.