Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume 2
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Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers is a collection of biographies of ancient Greek philosophers written in the 3rd century AD. The work consists of ten books, each of which is devoted to a different philosopher or group of philosophers. The book includes information on the lives, teachings, and writings of the philosophers, as well as anecdotes and stories about them. Laertius' work is an important source of information about ancient Greek philosophy, and it has been widely used by scholars for centuries.Book Details
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Diogenes Laërtius was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Nothing is definitively known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers&n...
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