The Lives and Theories of Eminent Philosophers
By Diogenes Laertius
Length15h 58m
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Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is collection of biographies of the Greek philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius, written in Greek, probably in the first half of the third century AD. The book professes to give an account of the lives and sayings of the Greek philosophers. Laërtius treats his subject in two divisions which he describes as the Ionian and the Italian schools. The biographies of the former begin with Anaximander, and end with Clitomachus, Theophrastus and Chrysippus; the latter begins with Pythagoras, and ends with Epicurus. The Socratic school, with its various branches, is classed with the Ionic; while the Eleatics and sceptics are treated under the Italic. He also includes his own poetic verse, albeit pedestrian, about the philosophers he discusses.
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length15 hrs 58 mins
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Publish dateDec 5, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
48LIFE OF CLITOMACHUS.
2INTRODUCTION.
49LIFE OF ARISTOTLE.
3THALES TO PHERECYDES.
50LIFE OF THEOPHRASTUS.
4THALES TO SOLON.
51LIFE OF STRATO.
5PISISTRATUS TO SOLON.
52LIFE OF LYCON.
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6SOLON TO PERIANDER.
53LIFE OF DEMETRIUS.
7SOLON TO EPIMENIDES.
54LIFE OF HERACLIDES.
8SOLON TO PISISTRATUS.
55LIFE OF ANTISTHENES.
9SOLON TO CRŒSUS.
56LIFE OF DIOGENES.
10CHILO TO PERIANDER.
57LIFE OF MONIMUS.
11PITTACUS TO CRŒSUS.
58LIFE OF ONESICRITUS.
12LIFE OF BIAS.
59LIFE OF CRATES.
13CLEOBULUS TO SOLON.
60LIFE OF METROCLES.
14PERIANDER TO THE WISE MEN.
61LIFE OF HIPPARCHIA.
15PERIANDER TO PROCLES.
62LIFE OF MENIPPUS.
16ANACHARSIS TO CRŒSUS
63THE LIFE OF MENEDEMUS.
17LIFE OF MYSON.
64KING ANTIGONUS TO ZENO THE PHILOSOPHER, GREETING.
18EPIMENIDES TO SOLON.
65ZENO TO KING ANTIGONUS, GREETING.
19PHERECYDES TO THALES.
66LIFE OF ARISTON.
20LIFE OF ANAXIMANDER.
67LIFE OF HERILLUS
21ANAXIMENES TO PYTHAGORAS.
68LIFE OF DIONYSIUS
22ANAXIMENES TO PYTHAGORAS.
69LIFE OF CLEANTHES
23LIFE OF ANAXAGORAS.
70LIFE OF SPHÆRUS.
24LIFE OF ARCHELAUS.
71LIFE OF CHRYSIPPUS.
25LIFE OF SOCRATES.
72PYTHAGORAS TO ANAXIMENES.
26LIFE OF XENOPHON.
73LIFE OF EMPEDOCLES.
27LIFE OF ÆSCHINES.
74LIFE OF EPICHARMUS.
28LIFE OF ARISTIPPUS.
75ARCHYTAS TO PLATO, GREETING.
29LIFE OF PHÆDO.
76PLATO TO ARCHYTAS, GREETING.
30LIFE OF EUCLIDES.
77LIFE OF ALCMÆON.
31LIFE OF STILPO.
78LIFE OF HIPPASUS.
32LIFE OF CRITO.
79LIFE OF PHILOLAUS.
33LIFE OF SIMON.
80LIFE OF EUDOXUS.
34LIFE OF GLAUCO.
81HERACLITUS, OF EPHESUS, TO KING DARIUS, THE SON OF HYSTASPES, GREETING.
35LIFE OF SIMIAS.
82LIFE OF XENOPHANES.
36LIFE OF CEBES.
83LIFE OF PARMENIDES.
37LIFE OF MENEDEMUS.
84LIFE OF MELISSUS.
38ARCHYTAS TO DIONYSIUS, GREETING.
85LIFE OF ZENO, THE ELEATIC.
39LIFE OF SPEUSIPPUS.
86LIFE OF LEUCIPPUS.
40LIFE OF XENOCRATES.
87LIFE OF DEMOCRITUS.
41LIFE OF POLEMO.
88LIFE OF PROTAGORAS.
42LIFE OF CRATES.
89LIFE OF DIOGENES, OF APOLLONIA.
43LIFE OF CRANTOR.
90LIFE OF PYRRHO.
44ARCESILAUS TO THAUMASIAS.
91LIFE OF TIMON.
45LIFE OF BION.
92EPICURUS TO HERODOTUS, WISHING HE MAY DO WELL.
46LIFE OF LACYDES.
93EPICURUS TO PYTHOCLES, WISHING HE MAY DO WELL.
47LIFE OF CARNEADES.
94EPICURUS TO MENŒCEUS, GREETING
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