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Lives of the Eminent Philosophers

By: Diogenes Laertius, Pamela Mensch - translator, James Miller - editor
Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
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Summary

Everyone wants to live a meaningful life. Long before our own day of self-help books offering 12-step programs and other guides to attain happiness, the philosophers of ancient Greece explored the riddle of what makes a life worth living, producing a wide variety of ideas and examples to follow. 

This rich tradition was recast by Diogenes Laertius into an anthology, a miscellany of maxims and anecdotes, that generations of Western readers have consulted for edification as well as entertainment ever since Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, first compiled in the AD third century, came to prominence in Renaissance Italy. To this day, it remains a crucial source for much of what we know about the origins and practice of philosophy in ancient Greece, covering a longer period of time and a larger number of figures - from Pythagoras and Socrates to Aristotle and Epicurus - than any other ancient source.

©2018 Oxford University Press (P)2018 Tantor Ancient Europe Greece Greek & Roman History Philosophers Philosophy Professionals & Academics Ancient History Ancient Greece Renaissance Greek Mythology Middle Ages Mathematics Italy Mythology Tradition
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Angles & viewpoints through the eyes of profound men the make you question the environment you live in.
Indivisible ideas that carry true through the ages.
It is important we do this else we are subject fully to the influence of others.
By taking in information from the correct sources and coming to your own conclusions you can at least find comfort in the world no matter the weather.
This author gives you the keys to the house that you have already built,
Go enjoy it, with the ones you care about.

I have shared this with those I feel might need it, almost like a gospel.

Pivotal in the awakening of a static mind

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very interesting knowledge, the voice is also very good. i appreciate. the last part with Nietzsche is very good

very interesting

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Very enjoyable, especially the essays at the end.

A few missed pronounced names by the reader but very well read.

Recommended

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