Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers

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 sev...