Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume 2

by Diogenes Laertius

43 chapters10h 28mEnglish1925

About this book

Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers provides a wealth information about the lives and teachings of ancient Greek thinkers. Despite the varying reliability of Laertius' accounts, his book has become a principal source for the history of Greek philosophy, since many of the earlier sources on which it was based are no longer extant. - Summary by Kazbek

Chapters (43)

1Book VI. Chapter 1. Antisthenes

921

2Book VI. Chapter 2, part 1. Diogenes

1464

3Book VI. Chapter 2, part 2. Diogenes (continued)

1514

4Book VI. Chapter 3. Monimus

153

5Book VI. Chapter 4. Onesicritus

6Book VI. Chapter 5. Crates

435

7Book VI. Chapter 6. Metrocles

175

8Book VI. Chapter 7. Hipparchia

204

9Book VI. Chapter 8. Menippus

152

10Book VI. Chapter 9. Menedemus

262

11Book VII. Chapter 1, part 1. Zeno

1670

12Book VII. Chapter 1, part 2. Zeno (continued)

2046

13Book VII. Chapter 1, part 3. Zeno (continued)

1929

14Book VII. Chapter 1, part 4. Zeno (continued)

2162

15Book VII. Chapter 1, part 5. Zeno (continued)

1972

16Book VII. Chapter 2. Ariston

262

17Book VII. Chapter 3. Herillus

120

18Book VII. Chapter 4. Dionysius

156

19Book VII. Chapter 5. Cleanthes

626

20Book VII. Chapter 6. Sphærus

168

21Book VII. Chapter 7. Chrysippus

1589

22Book VIII. Chapter 1. Pythagoras

2841

23Book VIII. Chapter 2. Empedocles

1309

24Book VIII. Chapter 3. Epicharmus

25Book VIII. Chapter 4. Archytas

242

26Book VIII. Chapters 5-7. Alcmæon, Hippasus, Philolaus

259

27Book VIII. Chapter 8. Eudoxus

363

28Book IX. Chapter 1. Heraclitus

1050

29Book IX. Chapter 2. Xenophanes

254

30Book IX. Chapter 3. Parmenides

235

31Book IX. Chapter 4. Melissus

100

32Book IX. Chapter 5. Zeno of Elea

308

33Book IX. Chapter 6. Leucippus

247

34Book IX. Chapter 7. Democritus

1215

35Book IX. Chapter 8. Protagoras

533

36Book IX. Chapter 9. Diogenes of Apollonia

109

37Book IX. Chapter 10. Anaxarchus

182

38Book IX. Chapter 11. Pyrrho

2600

39Book IX. Chapter 12. Timon

460

40Book X, part 1. Epicurus

1619

41Book X, part 2. Epicurus (continued) -- Epistle on Physics

2319

42Book X, part 3. Epicurus (continued) -- Epistle on Celestial Phenomena

1461

43Book X, part 4. Epicurus (continued)

1857

Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume 2

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