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Diogenes Laertios war ein antiker Philosophiehistoriker und Doxograph. Er lebte wahrscheinlich im 3. Jahrhundert und hat eine Geschichte der antiken Philosophie in zehn Bänden verfasst.

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“They say that the first inclination which an animal has is to protect itself.”

Zeno, 52.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 7: The Stoics

“Protagoras asserted that there were two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.”

Protagoras, 3.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 9: Uncategorized philosophers and Skeptics

“Pittacus said that half was more than the whole.”

Pittacus, 2.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“Often when he was looking on at auctions he would say, "How many things there are which I do not need!"”

Socrates, 10.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers

“It was a favourite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.”

Theophrastus, 10.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 5: The Peripatetics

“Old age is the harbor of all ills.”

Bion, 47.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy

“He said that men ought to remember those friends who were absent as well as those who were present.”

Thales, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, "Not to unlearn what you have learned."”

Antisthenes, 4.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 6: The Cynics

“On one occasion Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated: "As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead."”

Aristotle, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 5: The Peripatetics

“Diogenes lighted a candle in the daytime, and went round saying, "I am looking for a man."”

Diogenes, 6.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 6: The Cynics

“Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.”

Diogenes, 6.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 6: The Cynics

“Alcæus mentions Aristodemus in these lines:
’T is money makes the man; and he who ’s none
Is counted neither good nor honourable.”

Thales, 8.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“It was a saying of his that education was an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”

Aristotle, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 5: The Peripatetics

“Aristippus said that a wise man’s country was the world.”

Aristippus, 13.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers

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