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  3. Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers
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      • Edited and translated by Stephen White, University of Texas, Austin
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      13 May 2021
      03 June 2021
      ISBN:
      9781139047111
      9780521883351
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139047111
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.89kg, 524 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, History of Ideas, Ancient Philosophy, Politics and International Relations
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    A pioneering work in the history of philosophy, the ancient text of the Lives presents engaging portraits of nearly a hundred Greek philosophers. It blends biography with bibliography and surveys of leading theories, peppered with punchy anecdotes, pithy maxims, and even snatches of poetry, much of it by the philosophers themselves. The work presents a systematic genealogy of Greek philosophy from its origins in the sixth century BCE to its flowering in Plato's Academy and the Hellenistic schools. In this fully up-to-date and accessible translation, based on the most accurate texts and the latest advances in scholarship, Stephen White provides a valuable resource for students and scholars of ancient philosophy. Highlights include extended treatment of the 'Seven Sages' (Book 1), Socrates and his Socratic followers (Book 2), Plato (Book 3), Aristotle and his school (Book 5), Diogenes the Cynic (Book 6), Stoicism (Book 7), Pythagoreans (Book 8), Pyrrhonian skepticism (Book 9), and Epicureanism (Book 10).

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