Aenesidemus of Cnossus
Testimonia

The first collection of ancient texts on the Sceptic Aenesidemus, providing a reference book for the history of Scepticism.

Roberto Polito (Edited and translated by)

9781009014885, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 April 2021

403 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 13.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.509 kg

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.

Introduction
Part I. The Sources
Part II. Texts and Commentary: 1. Life
2. Works.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [HPCA], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]