![]() Stigall, “The Manuscript Tradition of the De Vita et Moribus Philosophorum of Walter Burley,” Medievalia et Humanistica, fasc. 44–46 Valentin Rose, “Die Lücke in Diogenes Laertius und der alte Übersetzer,” Hermes, 1 (1866), pp. On the medieval Latin versions see Biedl, op.Laertii Diogenis vitae et sententiae eorum qui in philosophia probati fuerunt, Romae, 1472 (?) = the Latin version of Ambrosius Traversarius Camaldulensis, made before 1432.Aldobrandino interprete, Romae, 1594 1664 1692. eorum qui in philosophia claruerunt libri x, T. More elaborate description by Edgar Martini in “Analecta Laertiana,” Leipziger Studien zur classischen Philologie,.Long, Oxonii, 1964 (“Oxford Classical Text”), Vol. 110–111 and in Diogenis Laertii Vitae Philosophorum recognovit H. Listed in Artur Biedl, Zur Textgeschichte des Laertios Diogenes: Das grosse Exzerpt Φ, Città del Vaticano, 1955 (“Studi e Testi,” 184), pp.More improvement in Diogenes’ text is likely to be made at the present time by careful study and interpretation of the text itself. Moreover, Apollonius of Tyre says he was lean, fairly tall, and swarthy hence some one called him an Egyptian vine-branch, according to. He had a wry neck, says Timotheus of Athens in his book On Lives. This investigation, useful as it could be for medieval studies, might prove to contribute exactly nothing of value for the text of Diogenes We shall only know if it is done. Zeno, the son of Mnaseas (or Demeas), was a native of Citium in Cyprus, a Greek city which had received Phoenician settlers. Only an extensive search of medieval documents referring to the Greek philosophers could begin to show how many medieval Latin versions there were, and what their affiliations are to the known Greek mss., including the epitomes. of a work entitled Tractates de dictis philosophorum showing a knowledge of Diogenes. Earlier than that, there are 10th-century mss. Valentin Rose a showed that one Henricus Aristippus (a Greek, to judge by the name Aristippus), who lived in Sicily in the 12th century, had translated at least some of Diogenes into Latin. No one, I suppose, would maintain that Burley knew Greek hence we are left with the question when and where the Latin translation was made that Burley used so extensively in his own book. And long before that, there existed one or more medieval Latin versions, from which quotations survive in such works as Walter Burley’s, referred to above. You can contact him via his website.Besides the relatively late Latin version by Thomas Aldobrandini (1594), there was an earlier one made by Ambrogio Traversari, published about 1472, but made before February, 1432-for there is a dated ms. He's edited and written the introduction to Capstone Classics' new edition of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. He's also the author of Verissimus, a graphic novel about Marcus Aurelius, as well as a forthcoming prose biography of him from Yale University Press. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aureliuswas #1 best seller in philosophy. He now lives part-time in Athens, Greece.ĭonald is the author of several books on philosophy and psychotherapy, as well as having contributed chapters to four other books and published many articles in journals and magazines. He was born in Scotland but worked as a psychotherapist for many years in London, England, where he ran a training school for therapists, before emigrating to Canada to focus on his writing and developing eLearning courses. He’s a specialist in teaching evidence-based psychological skills, and known as an expert on the relationship between modern cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and classical Greek and Roman philosophy. You can opt-out at any time, if you want, by hitting the unsubscribe linkĭonald is a trainer and writer, with decades of experience. Terms & Conditions: By downloading this item, you give us permission to send you our email newsletter with information on Stoicism and related subjects. This e-book will probably be expanded and annotated in the future so by enrolling you'll receive an email notification when new versions become available for download. Plato, his most famous student, although a younger member of the Socratic circle.Xenophon, his close friend and author of a surviving Symposium and Memorabilia of Socrates.Aristippus, who founded the Cyrenaic school of hedonism.Antisthenes, one of his closest followers, who reputedly inspired the Cynic tradition.This text has been carefully edited and proofread to make it more accessible to modern readers. This mini-course contains download links that you can use to obtain copies of the EPUB, Kindle (MOBI) or PDF versions of the book. The Life and Opinions of Socrates is a new e-book that I created, which contains excerpts on Socrates and the key members of the Socratic Circle, from Diogenes Laertius' Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers.
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