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Diogenes Laërtius |
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Diogenes Laërtius (dīŏj`ənēz lāör`shēəs), fl. early 3d cent., Greek biographer. Extant is a work in 10 books on the lives and opinions of the philosophers from Thales to Epicurus, with whole books devoted to Plato and Epicurus. His work is an invaluable source of history.
BibliographySee his Lives of Eminent Philosophers, tr. by R. D. Hicks (1925, repr. 1979–80). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The rare use of the term from Demosthenes to Diogenes Laertius prompts this conclusion: "parakletos was a word of general meaning which could appear in legal contexts, and when it did the parakletos was a supporter or sponsor" (Grayston: 75). The Epistle to Menoeceus," cited in Diogenes Laertius, Book X (Cambridge: Harvard, 1965), 131, 125. The preponderance of Latin authors is noticeable; of the Greeks, in addition to Diogenes Laertius, who occurs three times, only Polybius, Philostratus, Athenaeus, Homer, Aristotle, Palladas, Plutarch, Dioscorides, and Aristophanes are the subject of consideration, and then only once each. |
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