Diogenes Laërtius · fl. 3rd century CE
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.200 — Diogenes Laërtius on Chrysippus
Translation by R. D. Hicks (1925)
Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.200
Reported speech · Diogenes Laërtius on Chrysippus
Probabilities in Support of the Definitions, addressed to Dioscurides, two books. Of Species and Genera, addressed to Gorgippides, two books. Of Classifications, one book. Of Contraries, addressed to Dionysius, two books. Probable Arguments relative to the Classifications, Genera and Species, and the Treatment of Contraries, one book. Fourth series: Of Etymological Matters, addressed to Diocles, seven books. Points of Etymology, addressed to Diocles, four books. Fifth series: Of Proverbs, addressed to Zenodotus, two books. Of Poems, addressed to Philomathes, one book. On the Right Way of reading Poetry, two books. A Reply to Critics, addressed to Diodorus, one book.
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Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.200 (on Chrysippus), tr. R. D. Hicks (1925)
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Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book VII, tr. R. D. Hicks (Loeb, 1925). Text: Perseus Digital Library (CC BY-SA 4.0). Sources and licences
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- “Etymological”
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- “Contraries”
- — opposites
- “Genera”
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