Diogène

1509 · rif. 797 — Paris: Guy or Jean Marchant for Jean Petit 1509. Modern binding in 3/4 calf marbled boards marbles end leaves. With the . Ex libris of Jos Nève. Portrait of a philosopher at his writing table on verso of title page.see back cover of this catalogue. Charming woodcut on last page Marchant's device. Some nice woodcut initials. Marginal annotations and underlinings. https://data.cerl.org/istc/id00226000 GW VII Sp.436a Goff D226; H 6197; Aquilon p. 91; Frasson-Cochet 106; Moreau I 317: Moreau Brigitte. Inventaire chronologique des éditions parisiennes du XVIe siècle. I:1501 -1510 #68; 367; GüntL 2256; Döring-Fuchs D-51; Walsh 3631b; BMCFr p.135; Erscheinungsjahr: um 1509. Panzer VIII 211. 272 G BM STC French; 1470-1600 S. 135; Moreau Inventaire chronologique des éditions parisiennes du XVIe siècle Bd.; 1 S. 317 Nr. 68 ; Iehan Petit Renouard 883. - Jean Marchant Renouard 708 Renouard ICP II 1333; Haebler III marques de P. Gaudoul et de J. Petit; Renouard 337 et 881 marques de P. Gaudoul et de J. Petit Jean Petit's 4th device on t.p.; Guy Marchant's device Silvestre 39 IA; 153.795;. ærtius divides all the Greek philosophers into two classes: those of the Ionic and those of the Italic school. He derives the first from Anaximander the second from Pythagoras. After Socrates he divides the Ionian philosophers into three branches: a Plato and the Academics down to Clitomachus; b the Cynics down to Chrysippus; c Aristotle and Theophrastus. The series of Italic philosophers consists after Pythagoras of the following: Telanges Xenophanes Parmenides Zeno of Elea Leucippus Democritus and others down to Epicurus. The first seven books are devoted to the Ionic philosophers; the last three treat the Italic school. The work of Diogenes is a crude contribution towards the history of philosophy. It contains a brief account of the lives doctrines and sayings of most persons who have been called philosophers; and though the author is limited in his philosophical abilities and assessment of the various schools the book is valuable as a collection of facts which we could not have learned from any other source and is entertaining as a sort of pot-pourri on the subject. Diogenes also includes samples of his own wretched poetry about the philosophers he discusses. Diogenes is generally as reliable as whatever source he happens to be copying from at that moment. Especially when Diogenes is setting down amusing or scandalous stories about the lives and deaths of various philosophers which are supposed to serve as fitting illustrations of their thought the reader should be wary. The article on Epicurus however is quite valuable since it contains some original letters of that philosopher which comprise a summary of the Epicurean doctrines. IEP. Guy or Jean Marchant, for Jean Petit hardcover