Diogenes Laërtius

Diogenes Laërtius

▪ Greek author

flourished 3rd century

      Greek author noted for his history of Greek philosophy, the most important existing secondary source of knowledge in the field. One of its traditional titles, Peri biōn dogmatōn kai apophthegmatōn tōn en philosophia eudokimēsantōn (“Lives, Teachings, and Sayings of Famous Philosophers”), indicates its great scope. The work is a compilation, the excerpts of which range from insignificant gossip to valuable biographical and bibliographical information, competent summaries of doctrines, and reproductions of significant documents such as wills or philosophical writings. Though he quoted hundreds of authorities, he knew most of them only by second hand; his true sources have not been ascertained except in a few cases. The work itself consists of an introductory book and nine others presenting Greek philosophy as divided into an Ionian and an Italic branch (books ii–vii; viii) with “successions,” or schools, within each and with “stray” philosophers appended (books ix–x). In all extant manuscripts, the oldest of which belongs to the 12th century, part of book vii is missing.

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