Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume 2
Diogenes Laertius
43 chapters · 10 h 29 min · English
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Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers provides a wealth information about the lives and teachings of ancient Greek thinkers. Despite the varying reliability of Laertius' accounts, his book has become a principal source for the history of Greek philosophy, since many of the earlier sources on which it was based are no longer extant. - Summary by Kazbek
Chapters
1 Book VI. Chapter 1. Antisthenes 15 min 2 Book VI. Chapter 2, part 1. Diogenes 24 min 3 Book VI. Chapter 2, part 2. Diogenes (continued) 25 min 4 Book VI. Chapter 3. Monimus 3 min 5 Book VI. Chapter 4. Onesicritus 1 min 6 Book VI. Chapter 5. Crates 7 min 7 Book VI. Chapter 6. Metrocles 3 min 8 Book VI. Chapter 7. Hipparchia 3 min 9 Book VI. Chapter 8. Menippus 3 min 10 Book VI. Chapter 9. Menedemus 4 min 11 Book VII. Chapter 1, part 1. Zeno 28 min 12 Book VII. Chapter 1, part 2. Zeno (continued) 34 min 13 Book VII. Chapter 1, part 3. Zeno (continued) 32 min 14 Book VII. Chapter 1, part 4. Zeno (continued) 36 min 15 Book VII. Chapter 1, part 5. Zeno (continued) 33 min 16 Book VII. Chapter 2. Ariston 4 min 17 Book VII. Chapter 3. Herillus 2 min 18 Book VII. Chapter 4. Dionysius 3 min 19 Book VII. Chapter 5. Cleanthes 10 min 20 Book VII. Chapter 6. Sphærus 3 min 21 Book VII. Chapter 7. Chrysippus 26 min 22 Book VIII. Chapter 1. Pythagoras 47 min 23 Book VIII. Chapter 2. Empedocles 22 min 24 Book VIII. Chapter 3. Epicharmus 2 min 25 Book VIII. Chapter 4. Archytas 4 min 26 Book VIII. Chapters 5-7. Alcmæon, Hippasus, Philolaus 4 min 27 Book VIII. Chapter 8. Eudoxus 6 min 28 Book IX. Chapter 1. Heraclitus 18 min 29 Book IX. Chapter 2. Xenophanes 4 min 30 Book IX. Chapter 3. Parmenides 4 min 31 Book IX. Chapter 4. Melissus 2 min 32 Book IX. Chapter 5. Zeno of Elea 5 min 33 Book IX. Chapter 6. Leucippus 4 min 34 Book IX. Chapter 7. Democritus 20 min 35 Book IX. Chapter 8. Protagoras 9 min 36 Book IX. Chapter 9. Diogenes of Apollonia 2 min 37 Book IX. Chapter 10. Anaxarchus 3 min 38 Book IX. Chapter 11. Pyrrho 43 min 39 Book IX. Chapter 12. Timon 8 min 40 Book X, part 1. Epicurus 27 min 41 Book X, part 2. Epicurus (continued) -- Epistle on Physics 39 min 42 Book X, part 3. Epicurus (continued) -- Epistle on Celestial Phenomena 24 min 43 Book X, part 4. Epicurus (continued) 31 min
