Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

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Diogenes Laertius’ *Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers* is an early third-century biographical and doxographical compendium that preserves many of the principal anecdotes, teachings, and fragments of ancient Greek philosophers.

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instanceOf ancient Greek philosophical work
biographical compendium
doxographical work
literary work
alsoKnownAs Lives and Doctrines of the Eminent Philosophers
Lives of Eminent Philosophers
author Diogenes Laertius
centuryOfOrigin 3rd century CE
coversPeriod from the Presocratics to Epicurus
dateWritten early 3rd century CE
genre doxography
philosophical biography
historicalImportance major source for the history of ancient philosophy
preserves otherwise lost material
includes biographical anecdotes
fragments of lost works
philosophical doctrines
sayings and maxims
testimonia about philosophers
influenced later histories of philosophy
mainSubject ancient Greek philosophers
ancient Greek philosophy
notableBook Book 10 on Epicurus
originalLanguage Ancient Greek
philosophersCovered Anaximander
Anaximenes
Antisthenes
Aristotle
Diogenes of Sinope
Epicurus
Heraclitus
Parmenides
Plato
Pythagoras
Socrates
Thales of Miletus
Zeno of Citium
philosophicalSchoolsCovered Cynics
Epicureans
linked to: Epicureanism

Peripatetics
Platonists
Presocratic philosophers
Socratic schools
linked to: School of Socrates

Stoics
preserves Principal Doctrines of Epicurus
fragments of early Greek philosophers
letters of Epicurus
linked to: Epicurus
structure ten books
style anecdotal
compilatory
title Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

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Apollodorus of Athens citedBy Diogenes Laertius
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Empedocles describedIn Diogenes Laërtius' Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Cleanthes of Assos describedBy Diogenes Laertius
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Chrysippus of Soli describedBy Diogenes Laërtius
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Diogenes of Sinope portrayedBy Diogenes Laërtius
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Pyrrho sourceOfInformation Diogenes Laërtius
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Arete of Cyrene sourceAttestation Diogenes Laertius
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Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers author Diogenes Laertius
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Thales of Miletus describedBySource Diogenes Laërtius
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Pythias historicalSource Diogenes Laërtius
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Leucippus mentionedBy Diogenes Laërtius
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Polemon of Athens mentionedBy Diogenes Laertius
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Anniceris sourceMention Diogenes Laertius
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Theodorus the Atheist mentionedIn Diogenes Laertius’ Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Hegesias of Cyrene knownFrom Diogenes Laertius
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Aristo of Chios sourceOfInformation Diogenes Laertius
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Sphaerus of Borysthenes mentionedIn Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Antipater of Tarsus sourceMention Diogenes Laertius
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Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers author Diogenes Laërtius
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Persaeus of Citium sourceMentionedIn Diogenes Laertius' Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Letter to Herodotus survivesIn Diogenes Laertius Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Letter to Menoeceus preservedBy Diogenes Laertius
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Aeschines of Sphettus describedIn Diogenes Laertius’ Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) mentionedBy Diogenes Laertius
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Stilpo sourceMention Diogenes Laertius "Lives of Eminent Philosophers"
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Seven Sages of Greece describedIn Diogenes Laërtius’s Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Anaxarchus reportedIn Diogenes Laertius' Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Book 10 on Epicurus author Diogenes Laertius
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