{"product_id":"lives-of-eminent-philosophers-volume-ii-1","title":"Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamined lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiogenes Laertius,  author of a work on Greek philosophy, lived probably in the earlier half  of the third century, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. He was  an Epicurean philosopher, but his work is not philosophical. The title  is \u003ci\u003eHistory of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eOn the Lives, Opinions, and Sayings of Famous Philosophers\u003c\/i\u003e;  the work, 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 (who fills all the last book), including the Eleatics and  Sceptics. It is a collection of quotations and facts, and is of very  great value.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Diogenes Laertius is in two volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54260362576216,"sku":"9780674992047","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674992047_0bcb5026-39b1-44ea-b9db-0c1974fce080.jpg?v=1781008219","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/lives-of-eminent-philosophers-volume-ii-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}