Book V

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Book V is a section of Diogenes Laërtius’s ancient biographical work "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers," focusing on specific philosophers and their doctrines.

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instanceOf book section ⓘ
part of ancient biographical work ⓘ
associatedWork Book I of Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Book II of Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Book III of Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Book IV of Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Book IX of Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Book VI of Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Book VII of Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Book VIII of Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
Book X of Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
author Diogenes Laërtius ⓘ
contains anecdotes about philosophers ⓘ
biographical accounts of philosophers ⓘ
lists of writings attributed to philosophers ⓘ
summaries of philosophical doctrines ⓘ
focusesOn philosophers ⓘ
philosophical doctrines ⓘ
genre doxography ⓘ
philosophical biography ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
originallyWrittenIn prose ⓘ
partOf Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
philosophicalSchoolCovered Aristotelian tradition ⓘ
Peripatetic school ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscript tradition of Diogenes Laërtius ⓘ
providesInformationOn bibliographical details of Peripatetic philosophers ⓘ
doctrinal differences within the Peripatetic school ⓘ
successors of Aristotle in the Lyceum ⓘ
subjectOf Aristotle ⓘ
Demetrius of Phalerum ⓘ
Heraclides Ponticus ⓘ
Lyco of Troas ⓘ
Peripatetic philosophers ⓘ
Strato of Lampsacus ⓘ
Theophrastus ⓘ
other successors of Aristotle ⓘ
timeOfComposition 3rd century CE ⓘ
tradition Hellenistic biographical tradition ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy later historians of philosophy ⓘ
workStructurePosition middle books of Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
workTitle Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, Book V ⓘ

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