The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Diogenes Laërtius

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers — Diogenes Laërtius gathers biographies, sayings, and doctrines of more than eighty Greek philosophers, from Thales, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to Diogenes the Cynic, Zeno, and Epicurus. Across ten books, personal anecdotes mingle with disputes between schools, letters, wills, and summaries of teachings, preserving a vivid record of ancient philosophy and the people who practiced it.