Diogenes Laërtius · fl. 3rd century CE
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.178 — Diogenes Laërtius on Sphaerus
Translation by R. D. Hicks (1925)
Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.178
Reported speech · Diogenes Laërtius on Sphaerus
The books that he wrote were as follows: Of the Cosmos, two books. Of Elements. Of Seed. Of Fortune. Of Minimal Parts. Against Atoms and Images. Of Organs of Sense. A Course of Five Lectures on Heraclitus. On the Right Arrangement of Ethical Doctrine. Of Duty. Of Impulse. Of the Passions, two books. Of Kingship. Of the Spartan Constitution. Of Lycurgus and Socrates, three books. Of Law. On Divination. Dialogues on Love. Of the School of Eretria. Of Similars. Of Terms. Of Habit. Of Contradictions, three books. Of Discourse. Of Wealth. Of Fame. Of Death. Handbook of Dialectic, two books. Of Predicates. Of Ambiguous Terms. Letters.
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