Diogenes Laertius
Lives of Eminent Philosophers
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Word Count
175,000 words, Guess
Page Count
700 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780521883351
- ISBN-100521883350
- Library of Congress Control Number2019044743
- OCLC Control Number1124793367
- Better World Books9780521883351
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL28059061M
Classifications
- LCCB168.D513 2020
- LCCB168 .D513 2021
Description
"A pioneering work in the history of philosophy, the ancient text of the Lives presents engaging portraits of nearly a hundred Greek philosophers. It blends biography with bibliography and surveys of leading theories, peppered with punchy anecdotes, pithy maxims, and even snatches of poetry, much of it by the philosophers themselves. The work presents a systematic genealogy of Greek philosophy from its origins in the sixth century BCE to its flowering in Plato's Academy and the Hellenistic schools. In this fully up-to-date and accessible translation, based on the most accurate texts and the latest advances in scholarship, Stephen White provides a valuable resource for students and scholars of ancient philosophy. Highlights include extended treatment of the "seven Sages" (Book 1), Socrates and his Socratic followers (Book 2), Plato (Book 3), Aristotle and his school (Book 5), Diogenes the Cynic (Book 6), Stoicism (Book 7), Pythagoreans (Book 8), Pyrrhonian skepticism (Book 9), and Epicureanism (Book 10)"--
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