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D.L. 5.41-48 Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume I (Books I-V), Diogenes Laertius; served verbatim
With these words, they say, he breathed his last. And according to the story all the Athenians, out of respect for the man, escorted his bier on foot. And Favorinus tells that he had in his old age to be carried about in a litter“; and this he says on the authority of Hermippus, whose account is taken from a remark of Arcesilaus of Pitane to Lacydes of Cyrene. He too has left a very large number of writings. I think it right to catalogue them also because they abound in excellence of every kind. They are as follows : Three books of Prior Analytics. Seven books of Posterior Analytics. On the Analysis of Syllogisms, one book. Epitome of Analytics, one book. Two books of Classified Topics. Polemical discussion on the Theory of Eristic Argument. Of the Senses, one book. A Reply to Anaxagoras, one book. On the Writings of Anaxagoras, one book. On the Writings of Anaximenes, one book. On the Writings of Archelaus, one book. Of Salt, Nitre and Alum, one book. Of Petrifactions, two books. On Indivisible Lines, one book. Two books of Lectures. Of the Winds, one book. Characteristics of Virtues, one book. Of Kingship, one book. Of the Education of Kings, one book. Of Various Schemes of Life, three books. Of Old Age, one book. On the Astronomy of Democritus, one book.

The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.

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Filed here — the addresses this episode attests; counted by the house’s first pass
Anaxagoras — a life Anaximenes — a candidate entry Arcesilaus — a candidate entry Archelaus — a candidate entry

Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume I (Books I-V), Diogenes Laertius — translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925
Apparatus shelf — Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, vol. I (R. D. Hicks translation, Loeb L184) · R. D. Hicks, Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann / New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, MCMXXV (1925)
license: public-domain (US: published 1925, pre-1930 — the MCMXXV title page verified by the 2026-07-08 acquisition lane, pin in ops/sources/MANIFEST.md; only the English rectos are served, Hicks's translation)