Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Ser.: Diogenes Laertius : Lives of Eminent Philosophers by Tiziano Dorandi (2013, Hardcover)
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This edition presents a radically improved text of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers. A lengthy introduction lists all the manuscripts of the Lives and discusses its transmission in late antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521886813
ISBN-139780521886819
eBay Product ID (ePID)143651164
Product Key Features
Number of Pages952 Pages
Publication NameDiogenes Laertius : Lives of Eminent Philosophers
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy
AuthorTiziano Dorandi
SeriesCambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight49.4 Oz
Item Length8.7 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume NumberSeries Number 50
Dewey Decimal180
Table Of ContentIntroduction; Abbreviations and bibliography; Text (books 1-10); Sigla; Breviata; Svbsidivm interpretationis (books 1-10); Appendices; Index of proper names.
SynopsisThis 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., 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., 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 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 work unique in his kind, and which has had a profound influence on European literature and philosophy - has ever received., A new critical edition of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers, a unique work which has had a profound influence on European literature and philosophy. A lengthy introduction lists all the manuscripts of the Lives and discusses its transmission in late antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.