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Ioppolo, Anna Maria.Dibattiti filosofici ellenistici.Dottrina delle cause, Stoicismo, Accademia scettica.A cura di Bruno Centrone, Riccardo Chiaradonna, Diana Quarantotto e Emidio Spinelli.2013. 406 S. 48,00 Euro. 14,8 x 21 cm. Hardcover. 978-3-89665-615-5.The studies collected in this volume were published by Anna MariaIoppolo over the course of some thirty years and constitute an important milestone in recent research on ancient thought. They reflect therenewed interest in Hellenistic philosophies which emerged in the 1980s. Through a rigorous application of the historical and philologicalmethod of the Italian historical school, with its focus on the sourcesand original texts, a careful and detailed reconstruction is provided of the arguments and debates that shaped the philosophical schools of theHellenistic and Imperial age, while at the same time engaging in thekind of theoretical investigations which are usually provided by moreanalytical investigations. The subjects discussed include topics ofgreat relevance for Hellenistic and Imperial-age philosophies, such asassent, the passions, the Stoic doctrine of causality in its differentversions, the polemics between Academics and Sceptics, and astrology.Alongside well-known names (Arcesilaus, Carneades, Cicero, Seneca),these studies cover a range of apparently minor figures and currents(Herillus, Favorinus, the neoteroi Academics) whose historicaland philosophical framing has crucially contributed to the drawing of an exhaustive, all-round picture of Hellenistic and Imperial-agephilosophy.http://www.academia-verlag.de/titel/69615.htm