Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a biographical work by Diogenes Laërtius that compiles the lives, doctrines, and anecdotes of ancient Greek philosophers.
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Target entity: Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers Context triple: [Cleanthes of Assos, describedIn, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers]
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Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
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On the History of Modern Philosophy
On the History of Modern Philosophy is a series of late lectures by German idealist philosopher F. W. J. Schelling that critically surveys and interprets the development of modern philosophy from Descartes onward.
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A Philosophical Sketch
A Philosophical Sketch is the influential 1795 essay by Immanuel Kant in which he outlines a framework of political and moral principles aimed at achieving lasting peace between states.
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The Conduct of Life
The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores practical and philosophical questions about how to live ethically and purposefully in the modern world.
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Pascalian Meditations
Pascalian Meditations is a major theoretical work by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu that deepens his concepts of habitus, field, and symbolic power through a philosophical engagement with Pascal and the history of social thought.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers Target entity description: Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a biographical work by Diogenes Laërtius that compiles the lives, doctrines, and anecdotes of ancient Greek philosophers.
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A.
Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
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B.
On the History of Modern Philosophy
On the History of Modern Philosophy is a series of late lectures by German idealist philosopher F. W. J. Schelling that critically surveys and interprets the development of modern philosophy from Descartes onward.
-
C.
A Philosophical Sketch
A Philosophical Sketch is the influential 1795 essay by Immanuel Kant in which he outlines a framework of political and moral principles aimed at achieving lasting peace between states.
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D.
The Conduct of Life
The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores practical and philosophical questions about how to live ethically and purposefully in the modern world.
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E.
Pascalian Meditations
Pascalian Meditations is a major theoretical work by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu that deepens his concepts of habitus, field, and symbolic power through a philosophical engagement with Pascal and the history of social thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
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ancient Greek literature
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biographical work ⓘ philosophical literature ⓘ |
| author |
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Diogenes Laërtius
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| contains |
epigrams
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sayings of philosophers ⓘ testaments and wills of philosophers ⓘ |
| coversPeriod | from early Greek sages to Hellenistic philosophers ⓘ |
| dividedInto |
Book I
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Book II ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ Book IX ⓘ Book V ⓘ Book VI ⓘ Book VII ⓘ Book VIII ⓘ Book X ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
anecdotes about philosophers
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doctrines of philosophers ⓘ lives of philosophers ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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doxography ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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surface form:
Lives and Doctrines of the Eminent Philosophers
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
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Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
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| hasBookDedicatedTo | Epicurus in Book X ⓘ |
| includesPhilosopher |
Anaxagoras
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Anaximander ⓘ Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ
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Anaximenes
Antisthenes ⓘ Aristotle ⓘ Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ Empedocles ⓘ Epicurus ⓘ Heraclitus ⓘ Parmenides ⓘ Plato ⓘ Pythagoras ⓘ Socrates ⓘ Thales of Miletus ⓘ Zeno of Citium ⓘ |
| influenced | later biographical traditions about philosophers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anecdotal style
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biographical details of philosophers ⓘ preserving fragments of lost philosophical works ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 10 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchoolCoverage |
Academics
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Cynics ⓘ Epicureans ⓘ Peripatetics ⓘ Presocratic philosophers ⓘ School of Socrates ⓘ
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Socratic schools
Stoicism ⓘ
surface form:
Stoics
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| preservationStatus | survives complete ⓘ |
| preserves |
Book 10 on Epicurus
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surface form:
letters of Epicurus
principal doctrines of Epicurus ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
biographical accounts of philosophers
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summary of philosophical doctrines ⓘ |
| subject | ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| tradition | Hellenistic doxographical tradition ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | modern historians of philosophy ⓘ |
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