The Sceptical Road: Aenesidemus’ Appropriation of Heraclitus

Review '...Polito's work is a most valuable contribution to the study not only of Aenesidemus's so-called Heracliteanism, but also of his own from of Scepticism. Anyone working on these issues will have to take this book into account.'Diego E. Machuca, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2006. Product Description 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. About the Author Roberto Polito, Ph.D. (1999) in Classics, University of Cambridge, has published a number of papers in Hellenistic philosophy and medicine, and is currently completing an edition, with commentary, of testimonia on Aenesidemus.