Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume I Books 1-5

Name: Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume I Books 1-5
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ISBN: 9780674992030

ISBN-10: 0674992032

ISBN-13: 9780674992030

Edition: 1925

Authors: Diogenes Diogenes Laertius, R. D. Hicks, Robert Drew Hicks

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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…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1925
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1925
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 4.57" wide x 6.69" long x 1.34" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




Antisthenes Diogenes Monimus Onesicritus Crates Metrocles Hipparchia Menippus Menedemus



Zeno Ariston Herillus Dionysius Cleanthes Sphaerus Chrysippus



Pythagoras Empedocles Epicharmus Archytas Alchaeon Hippasus Philolaus Eudoxus



Heraclitus Xenophanes Parmenides Melissus Zeno of Elea Leucippus Democritus Protagoras Diogenes of Apollonia Anaxarchus Pyrrho Timon



Epicurus


Index Nominum Et Rerum


Index Fontium