Lives of eminent philosophers /

Lives of eminent philosophers /

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Author / Creator:Diogenes Laertius, author.
Imprint:Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Series:Loeb Classical Library ; 184-185
Loeb Classical Library ; 184-185.
Subject:
Philosophers, Ancient.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophers, Ancient
Philosophy, Ancient
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10301241
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Other authors / contributors:Hicks, Robert Drew, 1850-1929, translator.
ISBN:9780674992030
9780674992047
Notes:Includes bibliography and indexes.
Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages.
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Summary:Diogenes Laertius (probably early third century BCE) compiled his compendium on the lives and doctrines of the ancient philosophers from hundreds of sources. It ranges over three centuries, from Thales to Epicurus, portraying forty-five important figures, and is enriched by numerous quotations. This rich compendium on the lives and doctrines of philosophers ranges over three centuries, from Thales to Epicurus (to whom the whole tenth book is devoted); 45 important figures are portrayed. Diogenes Laertius carefully compiled his information from hundreds of sources and enriches his accounts with numerous quotations. Diogenes Laertius lived probably in the earlier half of the 3rd century CE, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. His history, in ten books, is divided unscientifically into two "Successions" or sections: "Ionian" from Anaximander to Theophrastus and Chrysippus, including the Socratic schools; "Italian" from Pythagoras to Epicurus, including the Eleatics and sceptics. It is a very valuable collection of quotations and facts. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Diogenes Laertius is in two volumes.
Other form:Print version: Diogenes Laertius. Lives of eminent philosophers. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1925 9780674992030(v.1) 9780674992047(v.2)
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Examined lives.

Diogenes Laertius, author of a work on Greek philosophy, lived probably in the earlier half of the third century, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. He was an Epicurean philosopher, but his work is not philosophical. The title is History of Philosophy or On the Lives, Opinions, and Sayings of Famous Philosophers ; the work, in ten books, is divided unscientifically into two "Successions" or sections: "Ionian" from Anaximander to Theophrastus and Chrysippus, including the Socratic schools; "Italian" from Pythagoras to Epicurus (who fills all the last book), including the Eleatics and Sceptics. It is a collection of quotations and facts, and is of very great value.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Diogenes Laertius is in two volumes.

Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliography and indexes.
ISBN:9780674992030
9780674992047

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