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Diogenes Laërtius · fl. 3rd century CE

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.196 — Diogenes Laërtius on Chrysippus

Translation by R. D. Hicks (1925)

Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.196

Reported speech · Diogenes Laërtius on Chrysippus

Variable Arguments concerning the Mean, three books. (Spurious.) A Reply to Ameinias’ “Disjunctive Syllogisms,” one book. Fourth series: On Hypotheses, addressed to Meleager, three books. Hypothetical Syllogisms upon the Laws, again addressed to Meleager, one book. Hypothetical Syllogisms to serve as Introduction, two books. Hypothetical Syllogisms consisting of Theorems, two books. Solutions of the Hypothetical Arguments of Hedylus, two books. Solutions of the Hypothetical Arguments of Alexander, three books. (Spurious.) On Explanatory Symbols, addressed to Laodamas, one book. Fifth series: Introduction to the Mentiens Argument, addressed to Aristocreon, one book. Arguments of the Mentiens Type, to serve as Introduction, one book. Of the Mentiens Argument, addressed to Aristocreon, six books. Sixth series: Reply to those who hold that Propositions may be at once False and True, one book.
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More book titles on variable arguments, hypothetical syllogisms and several books on the liar paradox, with some titles marked as not genuine.

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“Mentiens”
— Latin for the liar, the paradox of the statement I am lying
“Spurious”
— not genuine, falsely attributed

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