The sceptical road : : Aenesidemus' appropriation of Heraclitus / / by Roberto Polito.

• Superior document: Philosophia antiqua, volume 96
• VerfasserIn: Polito, Roberto, 1966-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2004.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophia antiqua ; v. 96.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (215 pages)
• Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Cambridge, 1999, originally presented under the title: Aenesidemus' interpretation of Heraclitus.
• Other title: Preliminary material --; INTRODUCTION --; THE SOURCES --; TRUTH (SEXT. EMP. M. 8.8) --; SCEPTICISM --; SOUL AND THE BODY --; SEXTUS ON HERACLITUS (M. 7.126-134) --; CONCLUSION --; APPENDIX I: TIME (SEXT EMP. M 10.216-218) --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX NOMINUM --; PHILOSOPHIA ANTIQUA /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9047413237
• ISSN: 0079-1687
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Roberto Polito.

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.