Aenesidemus of Cnossus

Testimonia

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ancient, History
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Author: Roberto Polito ISBN: 9781316053263
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: October 30, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Roberto Polito
ISBN: 9781316053263
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: October 30, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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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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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