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A pioneering work in the history of philosophy, the ancient text of the Lives presents engaging portraits of nearly a hundred Greek philosophers. It blends biography with bibliography and surveys of leading theories, peppered with punchy anecdotes, pithy maxims, and even snatches of poetry, much of...

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Main Author:	Diogenes Laertius (Author)
Other Authors:	White, Stephen A. (Stephen Augustus) (Editor, Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the ancient Greek.
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Philosophers, Ancient > Biography > Early works to 1800. Philosophy, Ancient > History > Early works to 1800.

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