This rich compendium on the lives and doctrines of philosophers ranges over three centuries, from Thales to Epicurus (to whom the whole tenth book is devoted); 45 important figures are portrayed. Diogenes Laertius carefully compiled his information from hundreds of sources and enriches his accounts with numerous quotations.
Diogenes Laertius lived probably in the earlier half of the third century CE, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. His history, in ten books, is divided unscientifically into two “Successions” or sections: “Ionian” (from Anaximander to Theophrastus and Chrysippus, including the Socratic schools) and “Italian” (from Pythagoras to Epicurus, including the Eleatics and sceptics). It is a very valuable collection of quotations and facts.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Diogenes Laertius is in two volumes.
目录
Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Book 6
Antisthenes
Diogenes
Monimus
Onesicritus
Crates
Metrocles
Hipparchia
Menippus
Menedemus
Book 7
Zeno
Ariston
Herillus
Dionysius
Cleanthes
Sphaerus
Chrysippus
Book 8
Pythagoras
Empedocles
Epicharmus
Archytas
Alchaeon
Hippasus
Philolaus
Eudoxus
Book 9
Heraclitus
Xenophanes
Parmenides
Melissus
Zeno of Elea
Leucippus
Democritus
Protagoras
Diogenes of Apollonia
Anaxarchus
Pyrrho
Timon
Book 10
Epicurus
Index Nominum et Rerum
Index Fontium
作者简介
罗伯特·德鲁·希克斯(1850-1929)是剑桥大学三一学院的研究员。
Robert Drew Hicks (1850–1929) was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
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