Loeb Classical Library Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume 1, Books 1-5
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Book
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Biography
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Publication Year
1966
Volume
1
Pages
549
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Description
Volume 1 of 2.
Diogenes Laertius, author of a work in Greek on Greek philosophy lived probably in the earlier half of the 3rd century, his ancestry and birth-place 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 is divided unscientifically into two 'Successions' or sections; (i) 'lonian' from Anaximander to Theophrastus and Chrysippus and including the Socratic schools; (ii) 'Italian' from Pythagoras to Epicurus (who fills all the last book) and including the Eleatics and sceptics. It is a collection of quotations and facts, and is of very great value.
Diogenes Laertius, author of a work in Greek on Greek philosophy lived probably in the earlier half of the 3rd century, his ancestry and birth-place 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 is divided unscientifically into two 'Successions' or sections; (i) 'lonian' from Anaximander to Theophrastus and Chrysippus and including the Socratic schools; (ii) 'Italian' from Pythagoras to Epicurus (who fills all the last book) and including the Eleatics and sceptics. It is a collection of quotations and facts, and is of very great value.
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