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Diogenes Laërtius · fl. 3rd century CE

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.197 — Diogenes Laërtius on Chrysippus

Translation by R. D. Hicks (1925)

Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.197

Reported speech · Diogenes Laërtius on Chrysippus

To those who solve the Mentiens by dissecting it, addressed to Aristocreon, two books. Proofs showing that Indefinite Arguments ought not to be dissected, one book. Reply to Objections urged against those who condemn the Dissection of Indefinite Arguments, addressed to Pasylus, three books. Solution in the Style of the Ancients, addressed to Dioscurides, one book. On the Solution of the Mentiens, addressed to Aristocreon, three books. Solutions of the Hypothetical Arguments of Hedylus, addressed to Aristocreon and Apollas, one book. Seventh series: To those who maintain that the Premisses of the Mentiens are false, one book. Of the Sceptic who denies, addressed to Aristocreon, two books. Negative Arguments, to serve as Logical Exercises, one book. Of the Argument from Small Increments, addressed to Stesagoras, two books. Of the Arguments affecting Ordinary Suppositions and on those who are Inactive or Silent, addressed to Onetor, two books. Of the Fallacy of “the Veiled Person,” addressed to Aristobulus, two books.
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Further titles about solving the liar paradox, indefinite arguments, the sceptic who denies, the heap paradox and the veiled person fallacy.

Older wording

“Mentiens”
— Latin for the liar, the paradox of the statement I am lying
“the Veiled Person”
— a puzzle about whether you know someone who is covered up
“Small Increments”
— the heap paradox, where tiny steps lead to an absurd result

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