He died june 14, 2001 at the carle foundation hospital, urbana, illinois. Lives of eminent philosophers, volume ii, books 610 loeb classical library no. Henricus aristippus, the archdeacon of catania, produced a latin translation of diogenes laertiuss book in southern italy in the late 1150s, which has since been lost or destroyed. Long before our own day of selfhelp books offering twelvestep programs and other guides to attain happiness, the philosophers of ancient greece explored the riddle of what makes a life worth living, producing a wide variety of ideas and examples to follow. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving lives and opinions of eminent philosophers is one of the principal surviving sources for the history of greek philosophy. Lives of the eminent philosophersbook iii wikisource. Diogenis laertii vitae philosophorum volume i libri ix. Lives and opinions of eminent philosophers is a biography of the greek philosophers by diogenes laertius, written in greek. Lives and opinions of eminent philosophers, book vi diogenes laertius ancient. Diogenes laertius was a biographer of the greek philosophers. This edition presents a radically improved text of diogenes laertius lives of eminent philosophers.
Lives and opinions of eminent philosophers wikipedia. Diogenes laertius, lives of eminent philosophers, book vi. An english translation of diogenes laertiuss lives of the philosophers this is a successful 2008 neh summer stipend proposal, authored by professor john palmer, department of philosophy, university of florida. This book at once becomes a standard work, with wide appeal, long overdue. Lives of the eminent philosophers by diogenes laertius diogenes laertius, translated by pamela mensch, and edited by james miller. Recensione delledizione delle vitae philosophorum edita da miroslav marcovich 1999. Diogenes laertius, lives of eminent philosophers 10. This book offers a wealth of material on diogenes laertius. Diogenes laertius carefully compiled his information from hundreds of sources and enriches his accounts with numerous quotations. This is volume ii of the lives of eminent philosophers and it has, among many others, sections on pythagoras, parmenides, heraclitus, zeno, epicurus and diogenes this last is the philosophercynic, not our author diogenes laertius, who is really little more than a sophisticated gossip. Senecae epistolis diogenis laertii 10 libris, et d. Bibliotheca scriptorum graecorum et romanorum teubneriana. Diogenes laertius, lives of eminent philosophers, book x.
Lives of the eminent philosophersbook i wikisource, the. For the text of diogenes laertius, i shall, as indicated, be relying principally upon m. Diogenes was born on 412 bc in the greek colony of sinope on the south coast of the black sea. This text was converted to electronic form by data entry and has been proofread to a low level of accuracy. Vitae philosophorum by diogenes laertius book 15 editions published in 1999 in 4 languages and held by 222 worldcat member libraries worldwide. It is a truly firstclass resource, and everyone involved, including oxford university press, should be heartily congratulated for a brilliant achievement.
Sollenberger, michael the lives of the peripatetics. Lives and opinions of eminent philosophers by diogenes laertius. The first complete english translation in nearly a century. Parts of his text they can read in honest editions. University of north carolina, chapel hill richard j. During his lifetime marcovich wrote and edited 45 books, including critical editions of the fragments of heraclitus, of the vitae philosophorum of diogenes laertius and the bhagavadgita and 248 articles and essays in spanish, german, italian, french and serbocroatian.
Diogenes laertius, lives of eminent philosophers, volume i. Diogenes laertius 01 lives of eminent philosophers 1 5. Tidak ada yang diketahui soal hidupnya, tetapi karya buatannya kehidupan dan pendapat filsuffilsuf tersohor menjadi sumber utama untuk sejarah filsafat yunani kuno. One of its traditional titles, peri bion dogmaton kai apophthegmaton ton en philosophia eudokimesanton lives, teachings, and sayings of famous philosophers, indicates its great scope. Marcovich s edition in the bibliotheca scriptorum graecorum et romanorum teubneriana series stuttgart and leipzig, 1999 and on h. There is no information on his early life except that his fathers name was hicesias who was a.
Essentially a book of political wisdom for young william and his fellow peers, it is a remarkable treasurehouse of 3,085 quotations or observations by or about many ancient notables, taken and often significantly modified from plutarch, diogenes laertius, xenophon, athenaeus, and many other writers. Longs edition in the oxford classical text series oxford, 1964. Henricus aristippus, the archdeacon of catania, produced a latin translation of diogenes laertiuss book in southern italy in the late. National endowment for the humanities division of preservation and access provided support for entering this text. Libri ix bibliotheca scriptorum graecorum et romanorum teubneriana 97835987163. A wikipedia article about this author is available diogenes laertius. The text is accompanied by a full critical apparatus on three levels. This is yet another loeb book where i have shamefully lost the companion volume. Includes essays by leading experts inlcuding james romm, anthony grafton, ingrid rowland, and others. Marcovich, indicating variant readings or remarkable conjectures in his notes. An english translation of diogenes laertiuss lives of the. Diogenes laertius, in nietzsches phrase, is the porter who guards the gate of the castle of ancient philosophy.
Diogenes laertius lived probably in the earlier half of the 3rd century ce, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. The lives and opinions of eminent philosophers, trans. A lengthy introduction lists all the manuscripts of the lives and discusses its transmission in. Wachsmuth, sillographorum graecorum reliquiae, 2 vols. He starts from the statement in diogenes laertius that. Diogenes laertius the druids and magi the atlantic. Lives of the eminent philosophers diogenes laertius. Diogenes laertius, more than once this phrase came to mind. Similar giovanni reale, miroslav marcovich, carlo natali.
Diogenes is known from this work only nothing is known about his life and his date can only be fixed by the dates of the latest personalities mentioned in his. From a table of contents in one of the manuscripts manuscript p, this book is known to have. But, like siegfried sudhaus, i did not give in to the temptation. Diogenes laertius alchetron, the free social encyclopedia. His history, in ten books, is divided unscientifically into two successions or sections. The wise man will also feel grief, according to diogenes in the fifth book of his epilecta.
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