See also:

• DIOGENES

DIOGENES LAERTIUS (or LAERTIUS DIOGENES)  , the biographer of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek philosophers, is supposed by some to have received his surname from the See also:

• TOWN

town of Laerte in See also:

• CILICIA

Cilicia, and by others from the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• FAMILY

family of the Laertii . Of the circumstances of his See also:

• LIFE

life we know nothing . He must have lived after Sextus Empiricus (c . A.D . 200), whom he mentions, and before Stephanus of See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium (e . A.D . 500), who quotes him . It is probable that he flourished during the reign of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus (A.D . 222-235) and his successors . His own opinions are equally uncertain . By some he was regarded as a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian; but it seems more probable that he was an Epicurean . The See also:

• WORK

work by which he is known professes to give an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the lives and sayings of the Greek philosophers .

Although it is at best an uncritical and unphilosophical compilation, its value, as giving us an insight into the private life of the Greek sages, justly led See also:

• MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE (1533-1592)

Montaigne to exclaim that he wished that instead of one Laertius there had been a dozen . He treats his subject in two divisions which he describes as the Ionian and the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools; the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division is quite unscientific . The See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies of the former begin with Anaximander, and end with See also:

• CLITOMACHUS

Clitomachus, See also:

• THEOPHRASTUS

Theophrastus and See also:

• CHRYSIPPUS (c. 280-2o6 B.c.)

Chrysippus; the latter begins with See also:

• PYTHAGORAS
• PYTHAGORAS (6th century B.C.)

Pythagoras, and ends with See also:

• EPICURUS (342–270 B.C.)

Epicurus . The Socratic school, with its various branches, is classed with the Ionic; while the Eleatics and sceptics are treated under the See also:

• ITALIC

Italic . The whole of the last See also:

• BOOK

book is devoted to Epicurus, and contains three most interesting letters addressed to See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus, Pythocles and Menoeceus . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief authorities were Diocles of See also:

• MAGNESIA

Magnesia's Cursory See also:

• NOTICE

Notice ('E7ri.po u) of Philosophers and See also:

• FAVORINUS (2nd century A.D.)

Favorinus's See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous See also:

• HISTORY

History and See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs . From the statements of Burlaeus (See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter Burley, a 14th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

monk) in his De vita et moribus philosophorum the See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text of See also:

• DIOGENES

Diogenes seems to have been much See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

fuller than that which we now possess . In addition to the Lives, Diogenes was the author of a work in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse on famous men, in various metres .