Diogenes Laertios

Japanese: ディオゲネス･ラエルティオス（英語表記）Diogenēs Laertios

A Greek historian of philosophy from around the first half of the 3rd century. Dates of birth and death unknown. Nothing is known about him other than that he is the author of "Lives and Teachings of Famous Philosophers," which can be considered a history of Greek philosophy. The amount of description of Epicurus in this book is incomparably larger than any other, but it is comprehensive and the biographical part is particularly interesting, and we can see the great influence he had on the philosopher Nietzsche, who started out as a researcher of Diogenes. [Saito Ninzui]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

3世紀前半ころのギリシアの哲学史家。生没年不詳。ギリシア哲学史というべき《著名哲学者たちの生涯と教説》の著者として以外は何もわからない。この書物ではエピクロスについての記述の量が他と比較にならないほど大きいが，とにかく網羅的であり，とくに伝記的部分のおもしろさは抜群で，ディオゲネス研究家として出発した哲学者ニーチェに大きな影響のあとを見ることができる。【斎藤忍随】

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