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De Vitis dogmatis - DIOGENES LAÉRCIO DE VITIS, Dogmatis & Apophthegmatis eorum qui in philosophia claruerunt libri X . Ex multis vetustis plurimos locos integritati sue restituẽtes, & eos quibus aliquadeerant, explentes. Cum Annotationibus Henr. Stephani. Pythag. Philosophorum fragmenta. Cum Latina interpretatione. [Génova]: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1570. 8, 494, [2 br.], 40, 432 pp.; 175 mm. Modern half calf; small worm hole on margin till gathering d; unbound from gathering O onward.  First edition of the Greek text of Diogenes Laertius's Lives and Doctrines of Illustrious Philosophers , published in Geneva in 1570 by Henri Estienne — a landmark in the humanist publishing tradition and one of the most important sources of ancient philosophy. This monumental edition—presented in a bilingual version, with the original Greek text in the first part and the Latin translation in the second—represents one of the greatest editorial achievements of Henri Estienne (1528–1598), the most erudite printer of his generation. Based on previously unpublished manuscripts, this Greek editio princeps introduces numerous new passages and offers a careful and critical rendering of the text. The work of Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD), divided into ten books, uniquely compiles the lives, doctrines and sentences of almost all the great names of Greek philosophy. Particular emphasis is given to Book X, entirely devoted to Epicurus, containing his three famous letters and the forty doctrinal maxims — elements that, thanks to this edition, profoundly marked Renaissance humanists and renewed interest in Epicureanism, until then distorted by Cicero's readings. The edition also preserves remarkable texts from a literary point of view, such as Callimachus' famous epigram on Heraclitus: ”They told me, Heraclitus, that you are dead...” Printed with the elegance and rigor typical of Estienne's workshop, this edition is considered a key piece of European humanism and the history of the transmission of classical philosophy. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !