Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.199 — Diogenes Laërtius on Chrysippus

Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.199

Reported speech · Diogenes Laërtius on Chrysippus

1. Ethics dealing with the classification of ethical conceptions. First series: Outline of Ethical Theory, addressed to Theoporos, one book. Ethical Theses, one book. Probable Premisses for Ethical Doctrines, addressed to Philomathes, three books. Definitions of the Good or Virtuous, addressed to Metrodorus, two books. Definitions of the Bad or Vicious, addressed to Metrodorus, two books. Definitions of the Morally Intermediate, addressed to Metrodorus, two books. Definitions of the Generic Notions [in Ethics], addressed to Metrodorus, seven books. Definitions concerned with other Branches of Science, addressed to Metrodorus, two books. Second series: Of Similes, addressed to Aristocles, three books. Of Definitions, addressed to Metrodorus, seven books. Third series: Of the Objections wrongly urged against the Definitions, addressed to Laodamas, seven books.