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The Sceptical Road
Aenesidemus' Appropriation of Heraclitus
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Englisch
Veröffentlicht/Copyright:
2004
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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.
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Roberto Polito, Ph.D. (1999) in Classics, University of Cambridge, has published a number of papers in Hellenistic philosophy and medicine, and is currently completing an edition, with commentary, of testimonia on Aenesidemus.
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'...Polito's work is a most valuable contribution to the study not only of Aenesidemus's so-called Heracliteanism, but also of his own from of Scepticism. Anyone working on these issues will have to take this book into account.'
Diego E. Machuca, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2006.
Diego E. Machuca, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2006.
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eBook veröffentlicht am:
1. Februar 2004
eBook ISBN:
9789047413233
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Inhalt:
206
eBook ISBN:
9789047413233
Schlagwörter für dieses Buch
Ancient; Scepticism; Hellenistic; Philosophy; Presocratic; Classical; Philology; Classics; Medicine
Zielgruppe(n) für dieses Buch
All those interested in ancient philosophy, ancient doxography, ancient medicine, classical philology, and antiquity in general.
