Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Diogenes Laertius’ *Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers* is an early third-century biographical and doxographical compendium that preserves many of the principal anecdotes, teachings, and fragments of ancient Greek philosophers.
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical work
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biographical compendium → doxographical work → literary work → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lives and Doctrines of the Eminent Philosophers
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Lives of Eminent Philosophers → |
| author |
Diogenes Laertius
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| centuryOfOrigin |
3rd century CE
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| coversPeriod |
from the Presocratics to Epicurus
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| dateWritten |
early 3rd century CE
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| genre |
doxography
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philosophical biography → |
| historicalImportance |
major source for the history of ancient philosophy
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preserves otherwise lost material → |
| includes |
biographical anecdotes
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fragments of lost works → philosophical doctrines → sayings and maxims → testimonia about philosophers → |
| influenced |
later histories of philosophy
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| mainSubject |
ancient Greek philosophers
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ancient Greek philosophy → |
| notableBook |
Book 10 on Epicurus
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| originalLanguage |
Ancient Greek
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| philosophersCovered |
Anaximander
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Anaximenes → Antisthenes → Aristotle → Diogenes of Sinope → Epicurus → Heraclitus → Parmenides → Plato → Pythagoras → Socrates → Thales of Miletus → Zeno of Citium → |
| philosophicalSchoolsCovered |
Cynics
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Epicureans → Peripatetics → Platonists → Presocratic philosophers → Socratic schools → Stoics → |
| preserves |
Principal Doctrines of Epicurus
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fragments of early Greek philosophers → letters of Epicurus → |
| structure |
ten books
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| style |
anecdotal
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compilatory → |
| title |
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Chrysippus of Soli
("Diogenes Laërtius")
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Cleanthes of Assos ("Diogenes Laertius") → |
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Crates of Thebes
("Diogenes Laertius ‘Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers’")
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Pyrrho ("Diogenes Laërtius") → |
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Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Apollodorus of Athens
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Thales of Miletus
("Diogenes Laërtius")
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Empedocles
("Diogenes Laërtius' Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers")
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Cyrenaic school of philosophy
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Diogenes of Sinope
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Arete of Cyrene
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Aristippus
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