The original Cynics’ radical reduction of their requirements for a good life made happiness possible, but only by embracing life like an animal (a dog, or kunos). Cambridge. When Alexander the Great announced himself: ‘I am Alexander the great king,’ Diogenes replied: ‘I am Diogenes the dog.’. In an apt metaphor, Nietzsche described Diogenes as the porter guarding the gate of ancient philosophy's castle. Don’t lanterns have to be lit in the morning?’. In his lyric moods he wrote “perhaps the worst verses ever published,” an … Diogenes Laërtius, (flourished 3rd century ce), Greek author noted for his history of Greek philosophy, the most important existing secondary source of knowledge in the field.One of its traditional titles, Peri biōn dogmatōn kai apophthegmatōn tōn en philosophia eudokimēsantōn (“Lives, Teachings, and Sayings of Famous Philosophers”), indicates its great scope. [18], Diogenes Laërtius's work has had a complicated reception in modern times. The aim, Leiter concludes, is ‘critical not positive’. This is a wonderful edition, brilliantly translated, with a helpful introduction and accompanying set of essays by first-rate scholars. Von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Nietzsche. "Diogenes Laertius is not Nietzsche's 'dim-witted watchman' of the history of Greek philosophy, but a fascinating and underrated figure. Classical Quarterlyno. (? (41) The study of the life, activities, and sayings of a philosopher was in fact regarded as an by Emden, Christian J. Nietzsche-Studien 15:16–40. In the wake of a great deal of critical work in recent years, excavating Nietzsche’s Cynicism, two questions are worth asking afresh: how far did the identification go? Pippin is not wrong that the gesture of unmasking is continuous with the moralist tradition of La Rochefoucauld and others, and to that extent registers a familiar skeptic demand for ‘clarity about human frailty and failings’, but Nietzsche’s skepticism is unlike La Rochefoucauld’s in that it comes laced with a relish for mimicry that goes beyond intellectual requirements for clarity about what morality is and where it comes from, and targets the will to clarity itself. The Lives of the Peripatetics: An Analysis of the Content and Structure of Diogenes Laertius’ “Vitae philosophorum” Book 5. Revealing work has been done on Nietzsche’s early philological studies of the texts of Diogenes Laertius; much has been said too about his attraction to the French moralistes who placed themselves in the Cynic tradition, including François de La Rochefoucauld, Nicolas Chamfort and Jean de La Bruyère. Should there be any doubt, as Niehues-Pröbsting notes, Beyond Good and Evil (1886) clears it up: Nietzsche is eloquent, there, about the limits of Cynic self-fashioning. Enlightenment skepticism has been around a long time. Nothing is known about his life, apart from his authorship of the Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. Striking though the revival of the Cynic figure is, what might impress a reader with equal force is how stylistically unlike the original scene Nietzsche’s version of it is. That is: against the tenacity of inherited morality and against any claim that he, the philosopher, might want to make to avoid error and afford a value perspective that we could call ‘true’. "[22] Robert M. Strozier offers a somewhat more positive assessment of Diogenes Laertius's reliability, noting that many other ancient writers attempt to reinterpret and expand on the philosophical teachings they describe, something which Diogenes Laërtius rarely does. A “perfect ass”—“asinus germanus”—one nineteenth-century scholar called him. And for this reason, Berry consults Democritus, the "laughing philosopher", and refers to his treatise Peri Euthumiēs (On Cheerfulness) that is mentioned in Diogenes Laertius (IX: 46) and that appears to be closer to Nietzsche's approach (pp. Lives of Eminent Philosophers. “Dim-witted,” said Nietzsche. Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers was a valuable work of the 3rd century by Diogenes Laërtius, a writer otherwise unknown. Export citation. By his own account, the new Diogenes has come too soon, or too abruptly. Diogenes Laërtius als persoon is een grote onbekende. Diogenes Laertius lived probably in the earlier half of the 3rd century CE, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. The Socratic school, with its various branches, is classed with the Ionic, while the Eleatics and Pyrrhonists are treated under the Italic. Like “Why not whip the teacher when the student misbehaves?” ― Diogenes 19 likes. More generally, when visiting the Aeon site you should refer to our site Privacy Policy here. [3], The precise form of his name is uncertain. Diogenes Laërtius (/ d aɪ ˌ ɒ dʒ ɪ n iː z l eɪ ˈ ɜːr ʃ i ə s / dy-OJ-in-eez lay-UR-shee-əs; Greek: Διογένης Λαέρτιος, translit. Sooner or later we all face death. No physical or electronic security system is impenetrable however and you should take your own precautions to protect the security of any personally identifiable information you transmit. Diogenes himself was said to have slept in a tub or a shack in the Athenian marketplace. Later in The Gay Science, Nietzsche clarifies what is at issue. More than any other philosopher-critic who has turned to Cynicism (including Michel Foucault and Peter Sloterdijk, who owe a great deal to him), Nietzsche puts a sense of Cynicism’s limitations to work. Diogenes Laertius furnishes us with the only virtual encyclopedia of phi-losophy which has survived from the ancient world, even though figures such as Seneca, Lucretius, and Cicero are not mentioned. Cambridge; New York : Cambridge University Press. Diogenes Laertius and an Athenian Honorary Decree for Zeno of Citium." Harvard University Press. A new Diogenes declares the death of God, the collapse of the belief system that underpinned Judaeo-Christian morality and provided the culture’s sources of valuation for hundreds of years. "Diogenes Laertius is not Nietzsche's 'dim-witted watchman' of the history of Greek philosophy, but a fascinating and underrated figure. Berlin: W. de Gruyter. Tidak ada yang diketahui soal hidupnya, tetapi karya buatannya Kehidupan dan Pendapat Filsuf-filsuf Tersohor menjadi sumber utama untuk sejarah filsafat Yunani kuno. Hardcover, 720 pages, $45. ", Mejer, Jørgen. There emerges a compelling account of the importance of Diogenes in the development of the influential method of Quellenforschung. 2007. 2007. You may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you by submitting a written request to support@aeon.co We may only implement requests with respect to the personal information associated with the particular email address you use to send us the request. Take this brief extract on the shortcomings of other artists, philosophical and literary-poetic: The sneering litany takes to fresh extremes Nietzsche’s earlier gestures in the way of ridiculing, castigating and mocking philosophers and public moralists across a sweeping panoply from Socrates to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. [18] Nonetheless, he admitted that Diogenes Laërtius's compilation was an important one given the information that it contained. Edited by Wolfgang Haase, 4241–4301. Kindstrand, Jan Frederik. Diogenes Laertius carefully compiled his information from hundreds of sources and enriches his accounts with numerous quotations. The ancient manuscripts invariably refer to a "Laertius Diogenes", and this form of the name is repeated by Sopater[4] and the Suda. He must have lived after Sextus Empiricus (c. A.D. 200), whom he mentions, and before Stephanus of Byzantium (c. More important than either the reworking of the character of the Cynic or the channelling of his stylistic energy is the allusive mode of argument that pervasively informs the genealogy of morality. An “ignoramus,” declared the twentieth-century classicist Werner Jaeger. ― Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers. By ‘God is dead’, we should understand that ‘belief in the Christian God has become unworthy of belief’: the time has come for human beings to live truthfully, in accordance with their situation. Vol. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) on his sickbed, 1899. "Diogenes Laertius IX 61–116: The Philosophy of Pyrrhonism." Tapping into the radicalism of the ancient example, Nietzsche echoes its original cynicism – the sorry absence of anyone capable of living in the knowledge of what it means to be human – and gives it updated point. His work makes no mention of Neoplatonism, even though it is addressed to a woman who was "an enthusiastic Platonist". "Nietzsche and Diogenes Laertius." We have taken reasonable measures to protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse or unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. "[23], Despite his importance to the history of western philosophy and the controversy surrounding him, according to Gian Mario Cao, Diogenes Laërtius has still not received adequate philological attention. 3–16). Readings in Ethics offers a vast collection of carefully edited readings arranged chronologically across five historical periods. "Nietzsche and Diogenes Laertius. His reputation is controversial among scholars because he often repeats information from his sources without critically evaluating it. Emigrated?’ – are variants on a caustic theme: where has he been? : Collections of Sayings and Stories About Wise Men in Greek." • Barnes, Jonathan. During the Leipzig years, Nietzsche’s first, or major philosophical awakening came with his discovery of Schopenhauer, whose philosophy would present entire new perspectives of viewing the world and leave him with many striking questions. ‘Deeds need time, even after they are done, in order to be seen and heard’ – a reflection that sounds like pessimism about the power of the philosopher on the tolle Mensch’s part, even if it is not as finally so on Nietzsche’s. However, unlike many other ancient secondary sources, Diogenes Laërtius generally reports philosophical teachings without attempting to reinterpret or expand on them, which means his accounts are often closer to the primary sources. (PDF) Nietzsches Preplatonic Philosophers: Diogenes Laërtius, ‘Personality,’ and the ‘Succession’ of Anaxagoras | Babette Babich - Academia.edu Scholars typically discount Nietzsche's value for contemporary studies of Greek antiquity and this is done from both the perspective of Classics as of Ancient Philosophy. Diogenes Laertius was a Greek writer who probably lived in the first half of the third century AD. The Cynic manoeuvre unmasks an earlier, more primitive motive that counts for ‘less’ than the standard one. In. [18] The Italian Renaissance scholar, painter, philosopher, and architect Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) borrowed from Traversari's translation of the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers in Book 2 of his Libri della famiglia[18] and modeled his own autobiography on Diogenes Laërtius's Life of Thales. .. In Centauren-Geburten: Wissenschaft, Kunst und Philosophie beim jungen Nietzsche (pp. Frank Freeman. He does, however, simplify. This is a wonderful edition, brilliantly translated, with a helpful introduction and accompanying set of essays by first-rate scholars. "Diogenes Laertius is not Nietzsche's 'dim-witted watchman' of the history of Greek philosophy, but a fascinating and underrated figure. Friedrich Nietzsche (the philosopher), who published a pioneering study of Diogenes Laertius early in his short, brilliant, career as a classical philologist, suggested calling them "Pre-Platonic," since their works, along with the words of Socrates, survive only in quotations, whereas Plato was the first to leave a substantial body of surviving work. This is a wonderful edition, brilliantly translated, with a helpful introduction and accompanying set of essays by first-rate scholars. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. ↑ Ib. They were notoriously without shame – pissing and satisfying their sexual needs in public, like the dogs (kynes) from which their name partly derived. Search. The repeated invoking of ‘shameful origins’ rhetorically assists that purpose: it ‘brings a feeling of diminution in value of the thing that originated thus and prepares the way to a critical mood and attitude toward it’. Photo by Kacper Kowalski/Panos Pictures, Detail from the Dance with Death by Johann Rudolf Feyerabend. Vol. [17], In addition to the Lives, Diogenes was the author of a work in verse on famous men, in various metres, which he called Epigrammata or Pammetros (Πάμμετρος).[3]. Get Access to Full Text. With thought-provoking asperity, Nietzsche’s sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche remarked: ‘There is no doubt … that my brother tried a little bit to imitate Diogenes in the tub: he wanted to find out how little a philosopher could get by with.’ Echoing lines from Nietzsche’s Human, All Too Human (1878-9), it is a statement to keep in view, since his handling of Cynicism was, in many respects, far from the kind of minimalism it seems to point to. In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. Warren, James. ‘Aren’t we straying as though through an infinite nothing?’ asks the crazy man; ‘Isn’t empty space breathing at us? Friedrich Nietzsche (the philosopher), who published a pioneering study of Diogenes Laertius early in his short, brilliant, career as a classical philologist, suggested calling them "Pre-Platonic," since their works, along with the words of Socrates, survive only in quotations, whereas Plato was the first to leave a substantial body of surviving work. Detail from The Vision of Saint John (1608-14) by El Greco. In his lyric moods he wrote “perhaps the worst verses ever published,” an anthologist pronounced. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (/ ˈ n iː tʃ ə, ˈ n iː tʃ i /; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə] or [ˈniːtsʃə]; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. The neo-Cynic affront lies not in the debasement of long-lost metaphysical certainties, but in a fresh insistence that destruction of the old basis for morality raises urgent consequences about how to live now. Hij heeft 82 biografieën van antieke filosofen geschreven die buitengewoon lezenswaardig zijn. 30,00 € / $42.00 / £23.00. Courtesy the Basel Historical Museum, Switzerland/Wikipedia, Feeling connected to objects is a fundamental – and fraught – part of human nature, For a child, being carefree is intrinsic to a well-lived life, ‘I’m just measuring myself with myself’ – ping pong as a route to Sufi spiritual practice. The most important question one can ask of so strategic a Cynicism, finally, is not ‘How far does it go?’, but ‘Where does it stop?’ It stops (or should stop) at the point where the complacency it targets has been dislodged – which means that it must be hyper-alert to the danger that Cynicism itself (old, well-recognised, liable to become more an object of affection and comic interest than shock or distaste) risks being not a tool but a gimmick. A “perfect ass”—“asinus germanus”—one nineteenth-century scholar called him. [19] The value of his Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers as an insight into the private lives of the Greek sages led the French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) to exclaim that he wished that, instead of one Laërtius, there had been a dozen. / Lemm, Vanessa / Heit, Helmut / Zittel, Claus DIOGENES LAËRTIUS (or Laërtius Diogenes), the biographer of the Greek philosophers, is supposed by some to have received his surname from the town of Laërte in Cilicia, and by others from the Roman family of the Laërtii.Of the circumstances of his life we know nothing. Diogenes Laertius, Translated by Pamela Mensch, and Edited by James Miller. Diogenes was a controversial figure. His history, in ten books, is divided unscientifically into two 'Successions' or sections: 'Ionian' from Anaximander to Theophrastus and Chrysippus, including the Socratic schools; 'Italian' from Pythagoras to Epicurus, including the Eleatics and sceptics. Much more might be said about the tolle Mensch and his role in The Gay Science, but I want to concentrate on what this celebrated episode suggests about Nietzsche’s relationship to Cynicism as a form of heavily mediated philosophic self-expression – eccentric material that offers a set of old stylistic and intellectual strategies for the writer-philosopher, including strategies for apprehending the nature and limits of his or her own authority. Diogenes Laertius was a Greek writer who probably lived in the first half of the third century AD. (That resentment itself is an acknowledgement of debt is, of course, a thoroughly Nietzschean insight.). Diogenes divides his subjects into two "schools" which he describes as the Ionian/Ionic and the Italian/Italic; the division is somewhat dubious and appears to be drawn from the lost doxography of Sotion. Poor Diogenes Laertius. [12], His home town is unknown (at best uncertain, even according to a hypothesis that Laertius refers to his origin). In ‘Diogenes Laertius and Nietzsche’, Glenn W. Most recalls heated debates surrounding the Lives in the nineteenth century, a particularly febrile period in German classical scholarship. Diogenes Laertius. Nietzsche and Diogenes laertius. 1972 (First published 1925). Hegel thought that how a philosopher lived was… [18] The monk Ambrogio Traversari (1386–1439) produced another Latin translation in Florence between 1424 and 1433, for which far better records have survived. [18] Both modern critical editions of his book, by H. S. Long (1964) and by M. Marcovich (1999) have received extensive criticism from scholars.[18]. He gets no respect. Hicks. [18] Werner Jaeger (1888–1961) damned him as "that great ignoramus". Stephanus of Byzantium refers to him as "Διογένης ὁ Λαερτιεύς" (Diogenes ho Laertieus),[10] implying that he was the native of some town, perhaps the Laerte in Caria (or another Laerte in Cilicia). "Nietzsche and Diogenes Laertius." The main difficulty of interpretation here attaches to the metaphoric scope of ‘debasement’. [7] He is also referred to as "Laertes"[8] or simply "Diogenes". The anecdotal focus is on a single event, with a narrative delivery that suggests word-of-mouth transmission of matter of general public interest (‘Haven’t you heard …?’) Nietzsche also retains the distinctive mix of a whiff of philosophical scandal with an element of comedy that puts in question quite how much that sense of scandal is warranted, and what its presence might tell us about the conditions in which the Cynic issues his challenge to conventional moral thought. [18] Geremia da Montagnone used this translation as a source for his Compedium moralium notabilium (1285) and an anonymous Italian author used it as a source for work entitled Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum (written c. 1317–1320), which reached international popularity in the Late Middle Ages. His work on: Life and Doctrines of Eminent Philosophers Spanned over three centuries, from Thales (640BC-545BC) to Epicurus (342BC-270BC), the most important historical personalities, some of them well known, but others more obscure to me. Some features of the classical text remain. These are classic Cynic manoeuvres: what looks like virtue is ‘devalued’, its conventional value ‘adulterated’. But where does its usefulness to Nietzsche stop? When Human, All Too Human observes that the search for man requires a lantern, then asks: ‘Will it have to be the Cynic’s lantern?’, the answer is implicit but clear. Ionian Philosophy and Italic Philosophy: From Diogenes Laertius to Diels. Numerous philosophers, public moralists, literary writers and cultural critics before and after Nietzsche have played with the possibilities of confrontational philosophic self-fashioning in Diogenes’ image, but the depth and extent of his intellectual engagement were unusual. Nothing is definitively known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a principal source for the history of ancient Greek philosophy. The email address/es you provide will be transferred to our external marketing automation service ‘MailChimp’ for processing in accordance with their. 2011. is professor of English literature at the University of Oxford, and a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. Hicks. late antique biographer of classical Greek philosophers, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Works by Diogenes Laertius at Perseus Digital Library. By clicking ‘subscribe’ you agree to the following: You can change your mind at any time by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link in the footer of emails you receive from us, or by contacting us at support@aeon.co, If you want to review and correct the personal information we have about you, you can click on ‘update preferences’ in the footer of emails you receive from us, or by contacting us at support@aeon.co. He must have lived after Sextus Empiricus (c. A.D. 200), whom he mentions, and before Stephanus of Byzantium (c. It is in the nature of cynicism, both the ancient kind and its modern derivatives (where psychology has as much to say about it as philosophy), that the identifications it provokes tend to be reluctant, ironic and partial. We will try and respond to your request as soon as reasonably practical. The German articles were signed at the end either as ‘Friedrich Nietzsche.’ or ‘F . Edited by Wolfgang Haase, 4241–4301. Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Władysławowo beach, Poland, August 2020. 2: 36.5–6. Diogenes Laertius "Peri biōn, dogmatōn kai apophthegmatōn tōn en philosophiāi endokimēsantōn" by Ambrogio Traversari circa 1430 A.D. Screen shot of Latin translation of Diogenes Laertius as reproduced by National Library of Florence, Italy (Digital Archives) Licentie. 156-173). Jonathan Barnes. "Diogenes Laertius, Biographer of Philosophy." “Dim-witted,” said Nietzsche. Fast and free shipping free returns cash on … Support our work to create a unique home for ideas beyond the news cycle. In his lyric moods he wrote “perhaps the worst verses ever published,” an … He is criticized primarily for being overly concerned with superficial details of the philosophers' lives and lacking the intellectual capacity to explore their actual philosophical works with any penetration. / Lemm, Vanessa / Heit, Helmut / Zittel, Claus 3rd c. BC) Greek biographer. Poor Diogenes Laertius. The modern form "Diogenes Laertius" is much rarer, used by Stephanus of Byzantium, and in a lemma to the Greek Anthology. Where Diogenes Laertius was concisely anecdotal and minimally interpretative, Nietzsche is – within the flexible parameters of the aphoristic form – expansive, even garrulous, and, if not psychologically intimate, certainly interested in staging a public psychological drama from his philosophical materials. Comedy turns to embarrassment only with the direct physical confrontation as he jumps into their midst, ‘piercing’ them with his eyes. Diogenes Laertius (pronounced 'die-OJ-uh-neez ley-UH-shus'; Greek: Διογένης Λαέρτιος, Diogenēs Laertios; lived c. 3rd century CE) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. According to Glenn W. Most, author of one of the scholarly essays, “Diogenes … Much of the mysteriousness arises from the projection of the Cynic as an unstable psychology into a public encounter that is, on both sides, full of questions with no obvious answers. (? This Email Newsletter Privacy Statement pertains to the personally identifying information you voluntarily submit in the form of your email address to receive our email newsletters. by Emden, Christian J. National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access provided support for entering this text. The contrarian zest of ‘so-called cynic’ speech (to use Nietzsche’s own locution) is a significant element in his literary repertoire, and never more so than in the very late work, where he runs the gamut of its ‘crude – refined’ possibilities. 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Addressing an audience largely, but not entirely, committed to a view of itself as enlightened (‘many’ of them do not ‘believe’) the tolle Mensch seems absurd, histrionic, unduly agitated. Diogenes Laertius, native of Laerte in Cilicia, was a biographer of ancient Greek philosophers. This page was last edited on 15 November 2020, at 23:07. In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. This is a body of work that understandably tends to stress how much Cynicism does. Lives of the Eminent Philosophers: by Diogenes Laertius eBook: Laertius, Diogenes, Miller, James, Mensch, Pamela: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store Her most recent book is The Value of the Humanities (2013). Will a sense of meaning help us? Like the ventriloquisation audible in the ‘primeval blunder’ – ‘whatever harms me is something evil’ – the ventriloquisation of a more modern ‘shame’ asks to be read at one remove as irony, or worthy of our irony. "Diogenes Laertius and the Chreia Tradition. ↑ Fr. Search for Library Items ... Beiträge zur Quellenkunde und Kritik des Laertius Diogenes. This looks very like a problematic appeal to something not just more ‘primitive’ but in some sense more ‘natural’ – and Nietzsche does indeed seem to be offering a kind of naturalistic psychology as a basis for understanding our investment in morality. ↑ If these words are pressed, they contradict the precise statement in Plutarch's Life of Solon (c. 10) that the Athenians buried their … 2006. Diogenes Laërtius (Oudgrieks: Διογένης Λαέρτιος, Diogénes Laértios) was een Griekstalig biograaf, vermoedelijk uit het begin van de 3e eeuw na Chr. The broad parameters, then, are largely consistent, but the paragraph is, in Robert Pippin’s phrasing in Nietzsche, Psychology, and First Philosophy (2010) ‘quite mysterious’ as Diogenes Laertius’ account of the lamp lit in the morning light is not. Nietzsche makes abundantly clear on several occasions that Cynicism cannot be the light by which we guide ourselves. Get up to speed! In, Mansfeld, Jaap. When he invokes Cynic ways of thinking or speaking, he is not really offering a model for philosophy (though he sometimes seems to be): he is exploiting a set of conventions that palpably do and do not serve his purposes. 23 likes. He gets no respect. Lives of the Eminent Philosophers: by Diogenes Laertius: Mensch, Pamela, Miller, James: 9780190862176: Books - Amazon.ca The Cynic Diogenes of Sinope appears in Nietzsche’s The Gay Science (1882) as der tolle Mensch (‘the crazy man’) who proclaims the death of God; it is a canonical scene of modern philosophy: The drama of the madman performs a serio-comic riff upon The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers: ‘He [Diogenes of Sinope] lit a lamp in full daylight and walked around with it, saying: “I’m searching for a man”.’ Sometimes more loosely translated as ‘searching for an honest man’, the words are a challenge and potentially an affront to all who hear them. In, Sollenberger, Michael. In Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire. 1986. We cannot guarantee that the personal information you supply will not be intercepted while transmitted to us or our marketing automation service Mailchimp. A “perfect ass”—“asinus germanus”—one nineteenth-century scholar called him. Hij is de schrijver van een uitgebreide biografie van Griekse filosofen. Maar zijn werk is befaamd. ... 1978). Cambridge. "Diogenes Laertius on Stoic Philosophy. In, Morgan, Teresa J. He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea coast of modern day Turkey, in 412 or 404 BC and died at Corinth in 323 BC. Long before our own day of self-help books offering twelve-step programs and other guides to attain happiness, the philosophers of ancient Greece explored the riddle of what makes a life worth living, producing a wide variety of ideas and examples to follow. Libro de la vita de philosophi et delle loro elegantissime sentencie. 3rd c. ad)Greek biographer. Mark as duplicate. Read More Inspire your inbox – Sign up for daily fun facts about this day in history, updates, and special offers. Speech of this order is at its most concentrated in the ‘skirmishing’ [‘Streifzüge’] section of Twilight of the Idols (1889). The origin of the name "Laertius" is also uncertain. 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