Title

The Biographical Tradition of the Presocratics

Authors

John B. McDiarmid, University of Washington

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1955

Abstract

Traces the influence of Aristotle and Theophrastus on later accounts of Presocratic philosophy. This is especially clear in the matter of the relationship between Xenophanes and Parmenides.

Notes

J. B. McDiarmid presented "The Biographical Tradition of the Presocratics" to the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy with the American Philological Association in Chicago in 1955.

For information about the author see Wikipedia "John B. McDiarmid," which cites this paper.

Recommended Citation

McDiarmid, John B., "The Biographical Tradition of the Presocratics" (1955). The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter. 40.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/sagp/40