| Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers Contributor(s): Dorandi, Tiziano (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521886813 ISBN-13: 9780521886819 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $279.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Dewey: 180 |
| LCCN: 2013474557 |
| Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries |
| Physical Information: 2" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (3.05 lbs) 952 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This edition presents a radically improved text of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers. The text is accompanied by a three level apparatus. A lengthy introduction list all the manuscripts of Diogenes' Lives and discusses its transmission in Late Antiquity and Medieval and Renaissance Periods. There is also a index of personal names, a bibliography and some notes which cover several features of the text and its interpretation. Tiziano Dorandi has used the Nachla of Peter Von der M hll, 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 work unique in his kind, and which has had a profound influence on European literature and philosophy - has ever received. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dorandi, Tiziano: - Tiziano Dorandi is Directeur de recherche at the CNRS (Centre Jean Pépin, UPR 76) in Villejuif, France. |