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. This rich tradition was recast by Diogenes Laertius into an anthology, a miscellany of maxims and anecdotes, that generations of Western readers have consulted for edification as well as entertainment ever since the Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, first compiled in the third century AD, came to prominence in Renaissance Italy. To this day, it remains a crucial source for much of what we know about the origins and practice of philosophy in ancient Greece, covering a longer period of time and a larger number of figures-from Pythagoras and Socrates to Aristotle and Epicurus-than any other ancient source. This new edition of the Lives, in a faithful and eminently readable translation by Pamela Mensch, is the first rendering of the complete text into English in nearly a century. Lavishly illustrated with a vast array of artwork that attests to the profound impact of Diogenes on the Western imagination, this edition also includes detailed notes and a variety of newly commissioned essays by leading scholars that shed light on the work's historical and intellectual contexts as well as its rich legacy. The result is a capacious, fascinating, and charming compendium of ancient inspiration and instruction.

Lives of the Eminent Philosophers: by Diogenes Laertius

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Läertius, Diogenes

Mensch, Pamela

Historical

Oxford University Press

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 tofollow. This rich tradition was recast by Diogenes Laertius into an anthology, a miscellany of maxims and anecdotes, that generations of Western readers have consulted for edification as well as entertainment ever since the Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, first compiled in the third century AD,came to prominence in Renaissance Italy. To this day, it remains a crucial source for much of what we know about the origins and practice of philosophy in ancient Greece, covering a longer period of time and a larger number of figures-from Pythagoras and Socrates to Aristotle and Epicurus-than anyother ancient source.

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Les Diez Libros De Diógenes Laercio: Sobre Las Vidas, Opiniónes Y Sentencias De Los Filósofes Mas Ilustres; Volume 2 (Spanish Edition)

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Wentworth Press

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The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Franklin Classics

Yonge, Charles Duke

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Kessinger Publishing

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Diogenis Laertii De Vitis, Decretis Et Responsis Celebrium Philosophorum Libri Decem, Nunc Primum Excusi (1533) (Latin Edition)

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Lives of the Eminent Philosophers: by Diogenes Laertius

Lives of the Eminent Philosophers: Compact Edition

Les Diez Libros De Diógenes Laercio: Sobre Las Vidas, Opiniónes Y Sentencias De Los Filósofes Mas Ilustres; Volume 2 (Spanish Edition)

Les Diez Libros De Diógenes Laercio: Sobre Las Vidas, Opiniónes Y Sentencias De Los Filósofes Mas Ilustres; Volume 1 (Spanish Edition)

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

The Lives And Opinions Of Eminent Philosophers

Diogenis Laertii De Vitis, Decretis Et Responsis Celebrium Philosophorum Libri Decem, Nunc Primum Excusi (1533) (Latin Edition)

Diogenis Laertii De Vitis, Decretis Et Responsis Celebrium Philosophorum Libri Decem, Nunc Primum Excusi (1533) (Latin Edition)

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers