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 ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1925
ISBN-13:9780674992047ISBN:0674992040
Description: New. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 720 p. Loeb Classical Library, 185. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1925
ISBN-13:9780674992047ISBN:0674992040
Description: New. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 720 p. Loeb Classical Library, 185. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press: Cambridge, Mass
Date Published: 1966
Description: VG+/VG+ Small hardcover, full green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine, text in Greek and English, 549 pages. Clean, square, unmarked copy. Light shelf wear, slight spotting to front cover. Dust jacket protected in new mylar wrap; some edge wear, price clipped. read more
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