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Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Tiziano Dorandi
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Description for Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers
hardcover. A new critical edition of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers, a unique and profoundly influential work. Editor(s): Dorandi, Tiziano. Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1392.
This edition presents a radically improved text of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers. The text is accompanied by a full critical apparatus on three levels. A lengthy introduction lists all the manuscripts of the Lives and discusses its transmission in late antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. There is also an index of personal names, a bibliography and notes covering several features of the text and its interpretation. Professor Dorandi has used the Nachlaß of Peter Von der Mühll, for the first time in its entirety, to verify and consolidate material that he had previously gathered. This is ... Read more
This edition presents a radically improved text of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers. The text is accompanied by a full critical apparatus on three levels. A lengthy introduction lists all the manuscripts of the Lives and discusses its transmission in late antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. There is also an index of personal names, a bibliography and notes covering several features of the text and its interpretation. Professor Dorandi has used the Nachlaß of Peter Von der Mühll, for the first time in its entirety, to verify and consolidate material that he had previously gathered. This is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
952
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
Number of Pages
952
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521886819
SKU
V9780521886819
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About Tiziano Dorandi
Tiziano Dorandi is Directeur de recherche at the CNRS (Centre Jean Pépin, UPR 76) in Villejuif, France.
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