DIOGENES LAERTIUS: LIVES OF EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS Volume II

Diogenes Laertius; R. D. Hicks (trans.)

ISBN 10: 0674992040 / ISBN 13: 9780674992047

Published by William Heinemann & Harvard University Press, 1965

About this Item

Minor shelfwear to book. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). DJ has minor shelfwear. ; Loeb Classical Library No. 185; Vol. 2; 704 pages; 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DIOGENES LAERTIUS: LIVES OF EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS Volume II
• Publisher: William Heinemann & Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1965
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674992040
• ISBN 13: 9780674992047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.6 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Examined lives.

Diogenes Laertius, author of a work on Greek philosophy, lived probably in the earlier half of the third century, his ancestry and birthplace 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, 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 (who fills all the last book), including the Eleatics and Sceptics. It is a collection of quotations and facts, and is of very great value.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Diogenes Laertius is in two volumes.

About the Author

Robert Drew Hicks (1850–1929) was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.