Aenesidemus of Cnossus
Testimonia
Seiten
2014
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-19025-1 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-19025-1 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Introduction; Part I. The Sources; Part II. Texts and Commentary: 1. Life; 2. Works.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.10.2014 |
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Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries |
Übersetzer | Roberto Polito |
Zusatzinfo | 1 Line drawings, black and white |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 145 x 224 mm |
Gewicht | 680 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike | |
ISBN-10 | 0-521-19025-8 / 0521190258 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-19025-1 / 9780521190251 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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