Beth singler, existential hope and existential despair in ai apocalypticism and transhumanism. Browse in diogenes laertius loeb loeb classical library. I read the two volumes of the loeb edition of diogenes laertius upon entering loyola university chicagos maphd program in philosophy. The lives and opinions of eminent philosophers bohns class. Books 15 l185 diogenes laertius lives of eminent philosophers ii. The life of diogenes of sinope in diogenes laertius ancient. Mar 12, 2014 diogenes laertius was a greek author of late classical antiquity who wrote an account of the history of greek philosophy. A pauline reading of artificial intelligence and apocalyptic ends with robert m. Long, who discusses briefly the history of the mss of dl. Diogenes lartius lives of the philosophers is a flawed work by an unsinspired thinker and poetaster.
Nov 28, 2011 diogenes laertius, author of a biographically arranged history of greek philosophy in ten books that also deals with the persian magi, especially in the first book on the origins of philosophy. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. L184 diogenes laertius lives of eminent philosophers i. The lives and opinions of eminent philosophers by diogenes. Geraci and simon robinson, introduction to the symposium on artificial intelligence and apocalypticism. Diogenes laertius lived probably in the earlier half of the 3rd century ce, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. A conjunction is a part of a sentence destitute of case, uniting the divisions of the sentence.
If these words are pressed, they contradict the precise statement in plutarchs life of solon c. The following is the life of diogenes from laertius work. Diogenes laertius quotes author of the lives and opinions of. Page 4 thus the bands of government, which were naturally loose among that rude and turbulent people, were happily corroborated by the terrors of their superstition. I understand that the 1972 reedition of the loeb text of dl has a preface by herbert s.
The lives and opinions of eminent philosophers diogenes. The section numbers in the greek text are shown in red and the section numbers in the translation are shown in green. Apr 26, 2020 the loeb classical library is a series of books, today published by harvard university press, which presents important works of ancient greek and latin literature in a way designed to make the text accessible to the broadest possible audience, by presenting the original greek or latin text on each lefthand leaf, and a fairly literal translation on the facing page. 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. Book 7 contains the lives and doctrines of the stoic philosophers. Diogenes was a native of sinope, the son of tresius, a moneychanger.
The lives of the philosophers, by diogenes laertius, is the most comprehensive ancient account of the lives of the early greek philosophers. Lives of eminent philosophers, vol 1, books 15 by diogenes. Pdf the notion of the infinite, with the modern meaning of the term, was first. Diogenes laertius report on pyrrhonian skepticism occupies part of book. Italian from pythagoras to epicurus, including the. Lives of the eminent philosophersbook iii wikisource, the. The life of diogenes of sinope in diogenes laertius. Delphi complete works of diogenes laertius illustrated. Lives of eminent philosophers 1925 edition open library. The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. Loeb classical library wikisource, the free online library. Lives of eminent philosophers, volume i diogenes laertius. 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.
The text is accompanied by a full critical apparatus on three levels. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving lives and opinions of eminent philosophers is a principal source for the history of greek philosophy. His history, in ten books, is divided unscientifically into two successions or sections. They urge that the persians have had their magi, the babylonians or assyrians their chaldaeans, and the indians their gymnosophists. Lives of the eminent philosophersbook ii wikisource. No species of superstition was ever more terrible than that of the druids. This text was converted to electronic form by data entry and has been proofread to a low level of accuracy. Diogenes laertius, lives of the philosophers topostext. Lives of eminent philosophers, volume i, books 15 loeb classical library no. A lengthy introduction lists all the manuscripts of the lives and discusses its transmission in. A perfect assasinus germanusone nineteenthcentury scholar called him. Lives, teachings, and sayings of famous philosophers by diogenes laertius, 1925, heinemann edition, in english.
The effort to combine the divine with motion is held for. Warren, diogenes laertius, biographer of philosophy. Of his life nothing is recorded, but according to the internal evidence in his work he must have lived in the 3rd century c. Diogenes laertius article about diogenes laertius by the. The loeb classical library is a series of books, today published by harvard university press, which presents important works of ancient greek and latin literature in a way designed to make the text accessible to the broadest possible audience, by presenting the original greek or latin text on each lefthand leaf, and a fairly literal translation on the facing page. Michael morelli, the athenian altar and the amazonian. Gouletcazes clear and wellinformed introduction generale, in diogene laerce, as well as to d. This phrase might be taken as diogenes laertius s defence for his inclusion of the life of strato.
Diogenes was born on 412 bc in the greek colony of sinope on the south coast of the black sea. Vol 2 loeb classical library by diogenes laertius 19890701 01jan1743. Diogenes laertius, author of a biographically arranged history of greek philosophy in ten books that also deals with the persian magi, especially in the first book on the origins of philosophy. Diogenes laertius, lives of eminent philosophers, volume i. Plato was then forced to add with broad, flat, nails to his definition.
His introduction deals with the history of philosophy among the greeks and barbarians in which he seeks to claim that philosophy as with all other things of. Nothing is definitively known about his life, but his surviving lives and opinions of eminent philosophers is a principal source for the history of. Of the senses some editors combine these two under the title of the. There are some who say that the study of philosophy had its beginning among the barbarians. Book 10 contains the life and doctrines of epicurus.
It is a very valuable collection of quotations and facts. An english translation of diogenes laertiuss lives of the. There is no information on his early life except that his fathers name was hicesias who was a. But, like siegfried sudhaus, i did not give in to the temptation. His mother was perictione or potone, who traced back her descent to solon. Diogenes laertius, greek author noted for his history of greek philosophy, the most important existing secondary source of knowledge in the field. Delphi complete works of diogenes laertius illustrated ebook written by diogenes laertius. Ionian from anaximander to theophrastus and chrysippus, including the socratic schools. Loeb classical library founded by james loeb 1911 edited by jeffrey. 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.
Lives of eminent philosophers, volume i in hardcover. He is said to have been the first man who trained athletes on meat. One of its traditional titles, peri bion dogmaton kai apophthegmaton ton en philosophia eudokimesanton lives, teachings, and sayings of famous. Diogenes laertius gathered his material from lost second or thirdhand. His father, nicomachus, as hermippus relates in his book on aristotle, traced his descent from nicomachus who was the son of machaon and grandson of asclepius. Like one day a man invited him into a richly furnished house, saying be careful not to spit on the floor. Plato was the son of ariston and a citizen of athens. I for one prefer reading diogenes laertius, in him there lives at least the spirit of the ancient philosophers. Aristotle, son of nicomachus and phaestis, was a native of stagira.
Both volumes of diogenes laertius lives of the eminent philosophers provide excellent source material for students of the hellenistic philosophers. It ranges over three centuries, from thales to epicurus, portraying 45 important figures, and is enriched by numerous quotations. This is yet another loeb book where i have shamefully lost the companion volume. Lives of eminent philosophers by diogenes laertius. This edition presents a radically improved text of diogenes laertius lives of eminent philosophers. Lives and opinions of eminent philosophers by diogenes. He released it into one of the classrooms, saying, behold platos human being. Diogenes laertius probably early third century bce compiled his compendium on the lives and doctrines of the ancient philosophers from hundreds of sources. Cynic shamelessness in late sixteenthcentury french. Possibly the reference is to the same citation as in 19 which diogenes laertius may have found independently in two of his authorities.
Delphi complete works of diogenes laertius illustrated by. An ignoramus, declared the twentiethcentury classicist werner jaeger. Publication date 1925 topics philosophers, ancient, philosophy, ancient publisher london. Diogenes laertius even goes so far as to claim that chilon was also the first person who introduced the custom of joining the ephors to the kings as their counselors. Diogenes laertius, lives of eminent philosophers, book i. National endowment for the humanities division of preservation and access provided support for entering this text. His work is, however, indispensable to the student of ancient western thought and writing, as his quotations of many earlier philosophers, poets, and miscellaneous writers, whose works have perished, have left a large body of fragments for the historian to collect and analyze. His introduction deals with the history of philosophy among the greeks and barbarians in which he seeks to claim that philosophy as with all other things of virtue originated with the greeks. 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. Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend. Lives of the eminent philosophersbook i wikisource, the. Diogenes laertius lives of eminent philosophers ii. Besides the severe penalties, which it was in the power of the ecclesiastics to inflict in this world, they inculcated the eternal transmigration of. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read delphi complete works of diogenes laertius.
Diogenes laertius was a greek author of late classical antiquity who wrote an account of the history of greek philosophy. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read delphi complete works of diogenes laertius illustrated. Diogenes laertius the druids and magi the atlantic religion. Here are some items i found interesting when i read what he had to say about plato all translations are taken from the loeb classical library, volume 1 of the lives of the eminent philosophers, r. Diogenes laertius the druids and magi the atlantic. An english translation of diogenes laertius s lives of the philosophers this is a successful 2008 neh summer stipend proposal, authored by professor john palmer, department of philosophy, university of florida. Loebolus is based on edwin donnellys downloebables, aiming to make all the public domain loebs more easily downloadable by rehosting the pdf s directly, without the need to enter captchas. Diogenes laertius on the stoic definitions of kosmos. The loeb classical library edition of diogenes laertius is in two volumes. Eurymenes was the first man, according to the statement of favorinus, in the third book of his commentaries, who ever did submit to this diet, as before that time men used to train themselves on dry figs, and moist cheese and wheaten bread, as the same favorinus informs us in the eighth book of his miscellaneous history. A lengthy introduction lists all the manuscripts of the lives and discusses its transmission in late antiquity, the middle ages and the renaissance.
Diogenes laertius 01 lives of eminent philosophers 1 5. Lives of the eminent philosophersbook v wikisource, the. In his lyric moods he wrote perhaps the worst verses ever published, an anthologist pronounced. Here are some items i found interesting when i read what he had to say about socrates all translations are taken from the loeb classical library, volume 1 of the lives of the eminent philosophers, r. Diogenes laertius, lives of the eminent philosophers, translated by robert drew hicks 1929 loeb classical library 1925, a work in the public. Lives of eminent philosophers, vol 1, books 15 by diogenes laertius. Diogenes himself notices the agreement between favorinus and idomeneus of lampsacus, a much earlier author, for he was a disciple of epicurus, whom he knew from 310 to 270 b. Diogenes laertius as for as the apeiron of anaximander, notes that. While less helpful for socrates, plato and aristotle, diogenes offers a treasure trove of doctrines, letters, and biographical anecdotes on epicurus, the early stoics, diogenes the cynic, and a host of others. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving lives and opinions of eminent philosophers is one of the principal surviving sources for. Lives of the eminent philosophersbook iii wikisource. Lives of eminent philosophers, volume ii, books 610 loeb classical library no. Moraux the catalogue by diogenes laertius is based on the peripatetic philosopher aristo of ceos.
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