Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers

A new critical edition of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers, a unique and profoundly influential work.

Tiziano Dorandi (Edited by)

9780521886819, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 May 2013

952 pages
22.2 x 14.3 x 4.5 cm, 1.4 kg

This edition presents a radically improved text of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers. The text is accompanied by a full critical apparatus on three levels. A lengthy introduction lists all the manuscripts of the Lives and discusses its transmission in late antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. There is also an index of personal names, a bibliography and notes covering several features of the text and its interpretation. Professor Dorandi has used the Nachlaß of Peter Von der Mühll, for the first time in its entirety, to verify and consolidate material that he had previously gathered. This is by far the most detailed and elaborate edition which Diogenes' Lives - a unique work which has had a profound influence on European literature and philosophy - has ever received.

Introduction
Abbreviations and bibliography
Text (books 1–10)
Sigla
Breviata
Svbsidivm interpretationis (books 1–10)
Appendices
Index of proper names.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [HPCA], Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]