Laërce Diogène

Diogène : Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Volume 1

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What difference between cyrenaics and epicureans? Did Pythagoras really let himself be killed for refusing to walk on beans? What are the definitions of happiness and wisdom according to Aristippe, Zeno, Epicurus and Pyrrhon? From the founders of philosophy to the cynical philosophers, to the stoicians and pythagoricians, Diogene Laërce, of which we know little, except that he would have been born between 200 and 50…

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Diogène : Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Volume 2

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"Alexander met him one day and said to him, "I am the great king Alexander.""Diogene then came and said, "I'm Diogene, the dog.""They asked him why he was called a dog: "Because I caress those who give me, I bark against those who don't give me, and I bite those who are wicked." The keeper said to him, "Yesterday, a man was hanged there.""I cleanse him," Diogen said. »

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