Diogenes Laertius: 5 books

Diogenes Laertius’ compendium on the lives and doctrines of Greek and Italian philosophers ranges over three centuries, from Thales to Epicurus, carefully compiled from hundreds of sources and enriched with numerous quotations. This comprehensive eBook presents Diogenes’ complete extant works, with...

Very little is known about Diogenes Laertius, despite the fact he wrote some of the most influential accounts of the lives of the Wests best known philosophers. His mention of Sextus Empiricus means he lived after the 3rd century A.D., while Sopater quoted him in the 6th century. For that reason, historians...

Everyone wants to live a meaningful life. Long before our own day of self-help books offering twelve-step 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....

Die Berichte über das Leben von 62 antiken Philosophen, wurden etwa 220 n.Chr. verfasst. Die Darstellungen des Diogenes Laertius, einem spätantiken Philosophiehistoriker, der im 3. Jahrhundert n.Chr. lebte, bieten neben den philosophischen Positionen Lebensbeschreibungen der antiken Philosophen und...

Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations.  All our books contain a linked table of contents. The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a classic collection of biographies written during the 3rd century A.D.