Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers - An Edited Translation

Scholarly new translation of this preeminent ancient history of Greek philosophy, recounting the lives, thought, and writings of leading figures.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Outline of the Lives; Lives of Eminent Philosophers; Book 1. Origins and sages; Book 2. Ionians, Socrates and Socratics; Book 3. Plato; Book 4. Academics; Book 5. Aristotle and Peripatetics; Book 6. Antisthenes and Cynics; Book 7. Zeno and Stoics; Book 8. Pythagoras and Pythagoreans; Book 9. Italians and others, Pyrrho and Pyrrhonians; Book 10. Epicurus and Epicureans; Appendix: conspectus of changes to the text; Glossary of philosophical terms; Bibliography; Index of biographies; Index of citations; Index of persons.

About the author

Stephen White is Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of Sovereign Virtue: Aristotle on Prosperity and Happiness (1992) and of articles on many topics in ancient philosophy and literature. With William Fortenbaugh, he is the co-editor of volumes on Lyco of Troas and Hieronymus of Rhodes (2004) and Aristo of Ceos (2006).

Summary

An up-to-date and accessible translation of this important work, which recounts 'brief lives' of eminent ancient philosophers. Diogenes Laertius traces the development of Greek philosophy from its origins to full maturity, exploring the activities, thoughts, and writings of leading Pythagoreans, Aristotelians, Cynics, Stoics, Epicureans, and Skeptics.

Product details

• Assisted by: Stephen White (Editor), Stephen White (Translation), White Stephen (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780521883351
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88335-1
• No. of pages: 524
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Biografien: allgemein, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, PHILOSOPHY / Reference, Philosophy: aesthetics, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge