Lives of eminent philosophers / Diogenes Laertius ; with an English translation by R.D. Hicks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diogenes Laertius.

Contributor:

Hicks, Robert Drew, 1850-1929.

Series:

Loeb classical library ; 184-185.

Standardized Title:

De vitis philosophorum. English & Greek

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Philosophers, Ancient.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 17 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press; London, 1995.

Summary:

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 A.D., 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.

Notes:

Greek and English on opposite pages.

"First published 1925".

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0674992032

9780674992030

0674992040

9780674992047