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Diogenes Laertius
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Diogenes Laërtius was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Little is definitively known about his life, but his surviving work, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, remains a primary source
1688 engraving of Diogenes Laërtius
1688 engraving of Diogenes Laërtius
Dionysiou monastery, codex 90, a 13th-century manuscript containing selections from Herodotus, Plutarch and (shown here) Diogenes Laertius
Dionysiou monastery, codex 90, a 13th-century manuscript containing selections from Herodotus, Plutarch and (shown here) Diogenes Laertius
Title page of an edition in Greek and Latin, 1594
Title page of an edition in Greek and Latin, 1594
The Italian Renaissance scholar, painter, philosopher, and architect Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) modeled his own autobiography on Diogenes Laërt
The Italian Renaissance scholar, painter, philosopher, and architect Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) modeled his own autobiography on Diogenes Laërtius's Life of Thales.
Seven Sages of Greece
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The Seven Sages or, alternatively, the Seven Wise Men were the honorary title given to seven philosophers, statesmen, and law-givers of the 7th–6th centuries BCE who were especially renowned for their
Diogenes Laertius
…philosophers he discusses. The following list shows the organization of philosophers discussed in the work: Books 1–7: Ionian Philosophy Book 1: The Seven Sages Thales, Solon, Chilon, Pittacus, Bias, Cleobulus, Periander, Anacharsis, Myson, Epimenides, Pherecydes Book 2: Ionians, Socrates, Socratics (Cyrenaics…
Mosaic of the Seven Sages, Baalbeck, Lebanon, 3rd century CE, National Museum of Beirut. Calliope at center and Socrates at the top, with the Seven Sa
Mosaic of the Seven Sages, Baalbeck, Lebanon, 3rd century CE, National Museum of Beirut. Calliope at center and Socrates at the top, with the Seven Sages clockwise from the top: Chilon, Pittacus, Periander, Cleobulus (damaged section), Bias, Thales, and Solon.