Arcesilaus, a native of Lampsacus, whom he mentioned in his will; a distinguished man who is generally known as “ the physicist,’ because more than anyone else he devoted himself to the most careful ‘study of nature. Moreover, he taught Ptolemy Philadelphus and received, it is said, 80 talents from him. According to Apollodorus in his Chronology he became head of the school in the 123rd Olympiad,* and continued to preside over it for eighteen years. There are extant of his works : Of Kingship, three books. Of Justice, three books. Of the Good, three books. Of the Gods, three books. On First Principles, three books. On Various Modes of Life. Of Happiness. On the Philosopher-King. Of Courage. On the Void. On the Heaven. On the Wind. Of Human Nature. On the Breeding of Animals. Of Mixture. Of Sleep. Of Dreams. Of Vision. Of Sensation. Of Pleasure. On Colours. Of Diseases.
The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.
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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)
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