Successions of Philosophers

Successions of Philosophers

Successions of Philosophers or Philosopher's Successions is a lost book written by Alexander Polyhistor, and referenced several times in Diogenes Laërtius' book "Vitae philosophorum" ("Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers").


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