Lives of eminent philosophers

Author(s)

• Diogenes Laertius
• Hicks, Robert Drew

Bibliographic Information

Lives of eminent philosophers

Diogenes Laertius ; with an English translation by R.D. Hicks

（The Loeb classical library, 184-185）

Harvard University Press, 1972-

Repr. with new introductory material

• 1 : us
• 1 : uk
• 2 : us
• 2 : uk

Note

Greek text and parallel English translation on opposite pages

First published in 1925

"In two volumes"

Pref. and introd. by Herbert S. Long

Bibliography: 1, p. xxvii-xxx

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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Details

• NCID: BA14218404
• ISBN:
  • 0674992032
  • 0434991848
  • 0674992040
  • 0434991856
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: grceng
• Original Language Code: grc
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v.
• Size: 17 cm
• Classification:
  • NDLC : KE211
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00254115