Vitae philosophorum

Diogenes Laertius

Diogenes Laertius. Hicks, R. D., editor. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1925.

  • Second series:
  • On Conclusive Arguments, addressed to Zeno, one book.
  • On the Primary Indemonstrable Syllogisms, addressed to Zeno, one book.
  • On the Analysis of Syllogisms, one book.
  • Of Redundant Arguments, addressed to Pasylus, two books.
  • Of the Rules for Syllogisms, one book.
  • Of Introductory or Elementary Syllogisms, addressed to Zeno, one book.
  • Of the Introductory Moods, addressed to Zeno, three books.
  • Of the Syllogisms under False Figures, five books.
  • Syllogistic Arguments by Resolution in Indemonstrable Arguments, one book.
  • Inquiries into the Moods: addressed to Zeno and Philomathes, one book. (This appears to be spurious.)
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  • Third series:
  • On Variable Arguments, addressed to Athenades, one book. (This also is spurious.)
  • 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 [*](A well-known fallacy; see Book II. § 108.) 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.
  • To those who solve the Mentiens by dissecting it, addressed to Aristocreon, two books.
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  • 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.
  • On the Puzzle of the Man who escapes Detection, addressed to Athenades, one book.
  • Eighth series:
  • Of the Nobody Puzzle, addressed to Menecrates, eight books.
  • Of the Arguments derived from the Indeterminate and the Determined, addressed to Pasylus, two books.
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  • Of the Nobody Argument, addressed to Epicrates, one book.
  • Ninth series:
  • Of Sophisms, addressed to Heraclides and Pollis, two books.
  • Of Dialectical Puzzles, addressed to Dioscurides, five books.
  • Reply to the Method of Arcesilaus, dedicated to Sphaerus, one book.
  • Tenth series:
  • Attack upon Common Sense, addressed to Metrodorus, six books.
  • Defence of Common Sense, addressed to Gorgippides, seven books.
  • V. Under Logic.

  • Thirty-nine investigations outside the range of the four above-mentioned main divisions dealing with isolated logical investigations not included in separate wholes of the subjects enumerated. The total of the logical writings is three hundred and eleven.