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

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Polito, Roberto, 1966-

Series:

Philosophia antiqua ; v. 96.

Philosophia antiqua ; v. 96

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aenesidemus, of Cnossus.

Heraclitus, of Ephesus.

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