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Title: Filósofos entre a vida e a morte: Diógenes Laércio e os Pré-Socráticos
Other Titles: Philodophers between life and death: Diogenes Laertius and the Presocratics
Authors: Peixoto, Miriam Campolina Diniz
Keywords: life;death;Presocratics;doxography;vida;morte;Pré-socráticos;doxografia
Issue Date: 2013
Publisher: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
Journal: http://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/29863
Abstract: The Lives and opinions of Diogenes Laertius is an important source for the study of Presocratic philosophy, in spite of the criticisms that have been made concerning some incongruities and overlaps. In the last few decades his work has been the object of a renewed interest within the field of ancient doxography studies. However, an aspect seems to have been insufficiently considered in studies about this work until now, that of establishing the background of the arrangement by which Diogenes presents the lives and works of philosophers. Is there in Diogenes, beyond a mere doxographical interest, the proposition of a certain ideal of philosophy? In other words, could we perceive in this work something more than a mere rhapsody of lives and doctrines? Our hypothesis is that Diogenes Laertius makes use of their stories to propose a conception of vis philosophica, whose basis would be the coherence between life and thought. In this paper, by focusing on the way he articulates the stories about the lives of philosophers with reports of their deaths, we intend to approach one aspect by which we judge to be possible to understand the design of the author of Lives.
As Vidas e opiniões de Diógenes Laércio são uma importante fonte para o estudo da filosofia pré-socrática, não obstante as críticas que lhe foram feitas quanto a incongruências e sobreposições. Nas últimas décadas, a sua obra foi objeto de um renovado interesse no âmbito dos estudos sobre a doxografia antiga. No entanto, um aspecto parece não ter sido ainda suficientemente considerado nestes estudos. Tratase de estabelecer o pano de fundo do arranjo no qual são apresentadas as vidas e as obras dos filósofos. Haveria em Diógenes, para além do mero interesse doxográfico, a proposição de um certo ideal da vis philosophica? Em outras palavras, é possível reconhecer nesta obra algo mais que uma mera rapsódia de vidas e doutrinas? Nesta comunicação, pretendemos examinar a hipótese de que a maneira como ele articula as histórias das vidas dos filósofos com o relato de suas mortes torna possível demonstrar o projeto diogeniano de filosofia.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/34705
ISBN: 978-989-721-042-6 (PDF)
DOI: 10.14195/978-989-721-042-6_5
Rights: open access
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