Research Catalog

Title

Lives of the eminent philosophers / Diogenes Laertius ; translated by Pamela Mensch ; edited by James Miller ; consulting editors, James Allen [and 6 others].

Author

Diogenes Laertius

Publication

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mensch, Pamela, 1977-
• Miller, James

Description

xix, 676 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

The translation is based on the most authoritative edition of the Greek text. 'Lives of the Eminent Philosophers' is a crucial source for much of what we know about the origins of philosophy in ancient Greece. Accompanied by dozens of artworks and newly commissioned essays that shed light on Diogenes' context and influence, this new, complete translation provides a revealing glimpse into the philosophers of Plato's Academy, Aristotle's Lyceum, and Epicurus' Garden.

Uniform Title

Lives, teachings, and sayings of famous philosophers. English (Mensch)

Alternative Title

Lives, teachings, and sayings of famous philosophers.

Subjects

• Philosophers, Ancient > Biography
• Philosophy, Ancient
• Diogenes Laertius

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Book 1 : Prologue; Thales, Solon, Chilon, Pittacus, Bias, Cleobulus, Periander, Anacharsis, Myson, Epimenides, Pherecydes -- Book 2 : Anaximander, Anaximenes, Anaxagoras, Archelaus, Socrates, Xenophon, Aeschines, Aristippus, Phaedo, Euclides, Stilpo, Crito, Simon, Glaucon, Simmias, Cebes, Menedemus -- Book 3 : Plato -- Book 4 : Speusippus, Xenocrates, Polemon, Crates, Crantor, Arcesilaus, Bion, Lacydes, Carneades, Clitomachus -- Book 5 : Aristotle, Theophrastus, Strato, Lyco, Demetrius, Heraclides -- 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, Alcmeon, Hippasus, Philolaus, Eudoxus -- Book 9 : Heraclitus, Xenophanes, Parmenides, Melissus, Zeno, Leucippus, Democritus, Protagoras, Diogenes, Anaxarchus, Pyrrho, Timon -- Book 10 : Epicurus -- Diogenes Laertius : from inspiration to annoyance (and back) / Anthony Grafton -- Raphael's eminent philosophers : the School of Athens and the classic work almost no one read / Ingrid D. Rowland -- Diogenes' Epigrams / Kathryn Gutzwiller -- Corporeal humor in Diogenes Laertius / James Romm -- Philosophers and politics in Diogenes Laertius / Malcolm Schofield -- Diogenes Laertius and philosophical lives in a ntiquity / Giuseppe Cambiano -- "A la recherche du texte Perdu" : the manuscript tradition of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of the Eminent Philosophers / Tiziano Dorandi -- Diogenes Laertius in Byzantium / Tiziano Dorandi -- Diogenes Laertius in Latin / Tiziano Dorandi -- Diogenes Laertius and the pre-Socratics / André Laks -- Plato's doctrines in Diogenes Laertius / John Dillon -- Cynicism : ancient and modern / R. Bracht Branham -- Zeno of Citium : Cynic founder of the Stoic tradition / A. A. Long -- Skeptics in Diogenes Laertius / James Allen -- Epicurus in Diogenes Laertius / James Allen -- Diogenes Laertius and Nietzsche / Glenn W. Most -- Guide to further reading / Jay R. Elliott -- Glossary of ancient sources / Joseph M. Lemelin.

Call Number

JFE 18-6213

ISBN

• 9780190862176
• 0190862173

LCCN

2017028674

OCLC

1008774206

Author

Diogenes Laertius, author.

Title

Lives of the eminent philosophers / Diogenes Laertius ; translated by Pamela Mensch ; edited by James Miller ; consulting editors, James Allen [and 6 others].

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Mensch, Pamela, 1977- translator.

Miller, James, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-6213