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

Van Pelt Library B535.A24 P65 2004
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Physical Description:
viii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
Summary:
The book addresses the question of the alleged Heracliteanism of the Sceptic philosopher Aenesidemus of Cnossus. It argues that Aenesidemus merely intented to offer a Sceptical interpretation of Heraclitus, and that the ideas which are incorporated in it voice distinctive features of his Scepticism.
Contents:
  • Part 1 Knowledge
  • Chapter 1 The Sources 13
  • I.1 Diogenes and Aenesidemus (Diog. Laert. 9.106) 13
  • I.2 Diogenes' Account of Scepticism 20
  • I.3 Sceptical Literature 24
  • I.4 The Path (Sext. Emp. PH1.210) 27
  • I.5 Sextus versus Aenesidemus 34
  • Chapter 2 Truth (Sext. Emp. M. 8.8) 40
  • II.1 Appearances 40
  • II.2 Agreement 51
  • II.3 Heraclitus on Disagreement 57
  • II.4 The Opposites 59
  • Chapter 3 Scepticism 65
  • III.1 Reality 65
  • III.2 Nature 69
  • III.3 Sensation 72
  • III.4 Medical Empiricism 78
  • III.5 The Tropes 82
  • III.6 Sense-Perception 89
  • III.7 Intellect 93
  • III.8 Sceptical Arguments 97
  • Part 2 The Soul
  • Chapter 4 Soul and the Body 108
  • IV.1 The Ruling-Part-of-the-Soul (Sext. Emp. 8.349; Tert. DA 15) 108
  • IV.2 Mind and the Senses (Sext. Emp. 8.350; Tert. DA 14) 119
  • IV.3 The 'Channels' of Sensation 130
  • IV.4 The Substance of the Soul (Tert. DA 9) 139
  • Chapter 5 Sextus on Heraclitus (M. 7.126-134) 149
  • V.1 The Criterion of Truth 149
  • V.2 Sextus and Aenesidemus 156
  • V.3 Interpreting Heraclitus 165
  • V.4 Common Reason 169
  • Time (Sext Emp. M 10.216-218) 180
  • Motion (Sext. Emp. M. 10.38) 190.
Notes:
  • Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Cambridge, 1999, originally presented under the title: Aenesidemus' interpretation of Heraclitus.
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-197) and index.
ISBN:
9004137424
OCLC:
54103881

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