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.
| ISBN: | 9780521190251 |
| Publication date: | 30th October 2014 |
| Author: | Roberto University of Cambridge Polito |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 280 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries |
| Genres: |
Ancient Greek and Roman 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.
Aenesidemus of Cnossus features in the following genres: Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
Aenesidemus of Cnossus is available in Hardback
Aenesidemus of Cnossus was written by Roberto University of Cambridge Polito and published by Cambridge University Press
Aenesidemus of Cnossus has 280 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries series
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