By Diogenes Laertius
This wealthy compendium at the lives and doctrines of philosophers levels over 3 centuries, from Thales to Epicurus (to whom the full 10th ebook is devoted); forty five vital figures are portrayed. Diogenes Laertius conscientiously compiled his details from countless numbers of resources and enriches his money owed with a number of quotations.
Diogenes Laertius lived most likely within the previous 1/2 the third century CE, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. His historical past, in ten books, is split unscientifically into 'Successions' or sections: 'Ionian' from Anaximander to Theophrastus and Chrysippus, together with the Socratic faculties; 'Italian' from Pythagoras to Epicurus, together with the Eleatics and sceptics. it's a very important choice of quotations and facts.
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