Diogenes Laërtius · fl. 3rd century CE
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.201 — Diogenes Laërtius on Chrysippus
Translation by R. D. Hicks (1925)
Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.201
Reported speech · Diogenes Laërtius on Chrysippus
2. Ethics dealing with the common view and the sciences and virtues thence arising. First series: Against the Touching up of Paintings, addressed to Timonax, one book. How it is we name each Thing and form a Conception of it, one book. Of Conceptions, addressed to Laodamas, two books. Of Opinion or Assumption, addressed to Pythonax, three books. Proofs that the Wise Man will not hold Opinions, one book. Of Apprehension, of Knowledge and of Ignorance, four books. Of Reason, two books. Of the Use of Reason, addressed to Leptines. Second series: That the Ancients rightly admitted Dialectic as well as Demonstration, addressed to Zeno, two books.
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Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.201 (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
In plain English
AI-written notesThe second ethics group, on common conceptions and the sciences and virtues that arise from them, lists titles on opinion, proof that the wise person will not hold mere opinions, knowledge versus ignorance, and reason, with a first title on dialectic and demonstration.
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- “Apprehension”
- — a firm, secure grasp of something as true
- “Demonstration”
- — formal proof
Themes and situations
- Judgements and impressions
- Learning and progress
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