Lives of the Eminent Philosophers | Buch

Cover: 9780190862176 | Lives of the Eminent Philosophers | By Diogenes Laertius | Buch | 2018

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Beschreibung

Lives and the Eminent Philosophers of Diogenes Laertius is a crucial source for much of what we know about the origins of philosophy in Greece. The work covers a larger number of figures and a longer period of time than any other extant ancient source, from the Presocratic Thales to Epicurus. Despite its importance, a complete translation of the work has not appeared in English since 1925. Working from the new, authoritative Greek text established by Tiziano Dorandi (CUP, 2013), translator Pamela Mensch's goal has been to render Diogenes into an English prose that is fluent yet faithful to the original Greek. The annotations are aimed at the general reader rather than the specialist, and explain the various references to people, places, practices, and countless mythological characters as they occur. The translation is accompanied by dozens of artworks to illustrate the ongoing influence of many of the philosophical anecdotes compiled by Diogenes, and by newly commissioned essays by James Allen, Anthony Grafton, Ingrid Rowland, and others to shed light on Diogenes' historical and intellectual contexts as well as his rich reception history.

Über den Autor

Pamela Mensch is a translator of Greek prose whose works include The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander (Anchor, 2012), Herodotus' Histories (Hackett, 2014, ed. James Romm), and Plutarch's The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives (Norton, 2017, ed. Romm).

James Miller is Professor of Liberal Studies and Politics and Faculty Director of Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism at the New School. He has authored and edited an array of reputed works, including Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche (Picador, 2012), The Passion of Michel Foucault (Simon & Schuster, 1993), History and Human Existence: From Marx to Merleau-Ponty (University of Chicago Press, 1982), and the Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock'n'Roll (Random House, 1976), among numerous others.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, James Miller
Introduction, A. A. Long
Translator's Note, Pamela Mensch
Map
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5
Book 6
Book 7
Book 8
Book 9
Book 10
Essays
Guide to Further Reading, Jay R. Elliott
Glossary of Ancient Sources, Joseph M. Lemelin
Illustration Credits
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780190862176
ISBN-10:	0190862173
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Laertius, Diogenes Mensch, Pamela
Redaktion:	Miller, James
Übersetzung:	Mensch, Pamela
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	241 x 195 x 50 mm
Von/Mit:	Diogenes Laertius (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.06.2018
Gewicht:	2,031 kg