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Diogenes Laërtius · fl. 3rd century CE

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.190 — Diogenes Laërtius on Chrysippus

Translation by R. D. Hicks (1925)

Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.190

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Art of Dialectic, addressed to Aristagoras, one book. Probable Hypothetical Judgements, addressed to Dioscurides, four books. II. Logic dealing with the subject matter. First series: Of Judgements, one book. Of Judgements which are not Simple, one book. Of the Complex Judgement, addressed to Athenades, two books. Of Negative Judgements, addressed to Aristagoras, three books. Of Affirmative Judgements, addressed to Athenodorus, one book. Of Judgements expressed by means of Privation, addressed to Thearus, one book. Of Indefinite Judgements, addressed to Dion, three books. On the Variety of Indefinite Judgements, four books. On Temporal Judgements, two books. On Judgements in the Perfect Tense, two books. Second series: Of a True Disjunctive Judgement, addressed to Gorgippides, one book. Of a True Hypothetical Judgement, addressed to Gorgippides, four books.
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A catalogue of Chrysippus's logic books, naming titles on the art of dialectic and on types of propositions, including negative, affirmative, indefinite, temporal and if-then statements.

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“Disjunctive Judgement”
— an either-or statement
“Hypothetical Judgement”
— an if-then statement
“Indefinite Judgements”
— statements with an unspecified subject such as someone is walking

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