Laertiana: Capitoli sulla tradizione manoscritta e sulla storia del testo delle "Vite dei filosofi" di Diogene Laerzio

This book presents an introduction to a new edition of Diogenes Laertios’ Greek text (Cambridge University Press) by Tiziano Dorandi. It consists of three parts. The first contains the list of manuscripts, in the second, the author examines the main elements in the transmission, and in the third, he demonstrates the history of the text in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.