Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

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ancient Greek literature biographical work philosophical literature

Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a biographical work by Diogenes Laërtius that compiles the lives, doctrines, and anecdotes of ancient Greek philosophers.

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Lives and Doctrines of the Eminent Philosophers 2
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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek literature ⓘ
biographical work ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
author Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
surface form: Diogenes Laërtius
contains epigrams ⓘ
sayings of philosophers ⓘ
testaments and wills of philosophers ⓘ
coversPeriod from early Greek sages to Hellenistic philosophers ⓘ
dividedInto Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
Book III ⓘ
Book IV ⓘ
Book IX ⓘ
Book V ⓘ
Book VI ⓘ
Book VII ⓘ
Book VIII ⓘ
Book X ⓘ
focusesOn anecdotes about philosophers ⓘ
doctrines of philosophers ⓘ
lives of philosophers ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
doxography ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
surface form: Lives and Doctrines of the Eminent Philosophers

Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
surface form: Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
hasBookDedicatedTo Epicurus in Book X ⓘ
includesPhilosopher Anaxagoras ⓘ
Anaximander ⓘ
Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ
surface form: Anaximenes

Antisthenes ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
Empedocles ⓘ
Epicurus ⓘ
Heraclitus ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Pythagoras ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
Thales of Miletus ⓘ
Zeno of Citium ⓘ
influenced later biographical traditions about philosophers ⓘ
notableFor anecdotal style ⓘ
biographical details of philosophers ⓘ
preserving fragments of lost philosophical works ⓘ
numberOfBooks 10 ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
philosophicalSchoolCoverage Academics ⓘ
Cynics ⓘ
Epicureans ⓘ
Peripatetics ⓘ
Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
School of Socrates ⓘ
surface form: Socratic schools

Stoicism ⓘ
surface form: Stoics
preservationStatus survives complete ⓘ
preserves Book 10 on Epicurus ⓘ
surface form: letters of Epicurus

principal doctrines of Epicurus ⓘ
primaryTheme biographical accounts of philosophers ⓘ
summary of philosophical doctrines ⓘ
subject ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
timeOfWriting 3rd century CE ⓘ
tradition Hellenistic doxographical tradition ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy modern historians of philosophy ⓘ

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Cleanthes of Assos → describedIn → Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Diogenes of Sinope → portrayedIn → Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Hipparchia of Maroneia → knownFrom → Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diogenes Laertius’s Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → title → Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → alsoKnownAs → Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → alsoKnownAs → Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lives and Doctrines of the Eminent Philosophers
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → hasAlternativeTitle → Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → hasAlternativeTitle → Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lives and Doctrines of the Eminent Philosophers
Letter to Menoeceus → containedIn → Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Book 10 on Epicurus → partOf → Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ