Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

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ancient Greek philosophical work biographical compendium doxographical work literary work

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 ⓘ
biographical compendium ⓘ
doxographical work ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 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 Eminent Philosophers
author Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Diogenes Laertius
centuryOfOrigin 3rd century CE ⓘ
coversPeriod from the Presocratics to Epicurus ⓘ
dateWritten early 3rd century CE ⓘ
genre doxography ⓘ
philosophical biography ⓘ
historicalImportance major source for the history of ancient philosophy ⓘ
preserves otherwise lost material ⓘ
includes biographical anecdotes ⓘ
fragments of lost works ⓘ
philosophical doctrines ⓘ
sayings and maxims ⓘ
testimonia about philosophers ⓘ
influenced later histories of philosophy ⓘ
mainSubject ancient Greek philosophers ⓘ
ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
notableBook Book 10 on Epicurus ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
philosophersCovered Anaximander ⓘ
Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ
surface form: Anaximenes

Antisthenes ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
Epicurus ⓘ
Heraclitus ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Pythagoras ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
Thales of Miletus ⓘ
Zeno of Citium ⓘ
philosophicalSchoolsCovered Cynics ⓘ
Epicureanism ⓘ
surface form: Epicureans

Peripatetics ⓘ
Platonists ⓘ
Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
School of Socrates ⓘ
surface form: Socratic schools

Stoics ⓘ
preserves Principal Doctrines of Epicurus ⓘ
fragments of early Greek philosophers ⓘ
Epicurus ⓘ
surface form: letters of Epicurus
structure ten books ⓘ
style anecdotal ⓘ
compilatory ⓘ
title Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ

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