Aenesidemus of Cnossus: Testimonia - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521190258 ISBN 13: 9780521190251

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

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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Descrizione del libro:

The first ever collection of all the ancient texts describing the philosophy of Aenesidemus of Cnossus, considered to be the inspiration for Sextus Empiricus, the main surviving representative of ancient Scepticism. Provides an extensive philosophical and historical commentary. An essential reference work for the study of ancient philosophy.

L'autore:

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.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0521190258
• ISBN 13: 9780521190251
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 280