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Philosophy

Lives of the Eminent Philosophers · Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων

Diogenes Laertius

Translated by R. D. Hicks

Lives, sayings and doctrines of the Greek philosophers, from Thales to Epicurus.

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  • Greek: ed. R. D. Hicks, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0004.tlg001, CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • English: R. D. Hicks, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-eng2). Notes are not included.
  • Rows follow the references the two texts share (books, chapters and sections), cut where both reach the end of a sentence.

Contents · 34

  1. 1Book I · preface, chapter 1
  2. 2Book I · chapters 1–2
  3. 3Book I · chapters 2–7
  4. 4Book I · chapters 7–11
  5. 5Book II · chapters 1–5
  6. 6Book II · chapters 5–8
  7. 7Book II · chapters 8–10
  8. 8Book II · chapters 10–17
  9. 9Book III · chapter 1 · 1.1–1.38
  10. 10Book III · chapter 1 · 1.39–1.75
  11. 11Book III · chapter 1 · 1.76–1.109
  12. 12Book IV · chapters 1–6
  13. 13Book IV · chapters 6–10
  14. 14Book V · chapter 1
  15. 15Book V · chapters 1–3
  16. 16Book V · chapters 3–6
  17. 17Book VI · chapters 1–2
  18. 18Book VI · chapter 2
  19. 19Book VI · chapters 2–9
  20. 20Book VII · chapter 1 · 1.1–1.40
  21. 21Book VII · chapter 1 · 1.41–1.81
  22. 22Book VII · chapter 1 · 1.82–1.124
  23. 23Book VII · chapters 1–2
  24. 24Book VII · chapters 3–7
  25. 25Book VIII · chapter 1
  26. 26Book VIII · chapters 1–2
  27. 27Book VIII · chapters 2–8
  28. 28Book IX · chapters 1–7
  29. 29Book IX · chapters 7–11
  30. 30Book IX · chapters 11–12
  31. 31Book X · chapter 1 · 1.1–1.39
  32. 32Book X · chapter 1 · 1.40–1.78
  33. 33Book X · chapter 1 · 1.79–1.116
  34. 34Book X · chapter 1 · 1.117–1.154