Diogenes Laërtius · fl. 3rd century CE
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.43 — Diogenes Laërtius on the Stoics
Translation by R. D. Hicks (1925)
Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.43
Reported speech · Diogenes Laërtius on the Stoics
Dialectic (they hold) falls under two heads: subjects of discourse and language. And the subjects fall under the following headings: presentations and the various products to which they give rise, propositions enunciated and their constituent subjects and predicates, and similar terms whether direct or reversed, genera and species, arguments too, moods, syllogisms and fallacies whether due to the subject matter or to the language;
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Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.43 (on the Stoics), tr. R. D. Hicks (1925)
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Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book VII, tr. R. D. Hicks (Loeb, 1925). Text: Perseus Digital Library (CC BY-SA 4.0). Sources and licences
In plain English
AI-written notesThe first part of a catalogue of the topics covered in Stoic dialectic, beginning with the things we talk about, such as impressions, statements and their parts, kinds of arguments and fallacies. A technical list, with no practical advice.
Older wording
- “syllogisms”
- — formal arguments in which a conclusion follows from premises
- “fallacies”
- — errors in reasoning
- “genera”
- — broad kinds or categories
Themes and situations
- Judgements and impressions
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