1 Matching Annotations
  1. Apr 2022
  2. docdrop.org docdrop.org
    Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age
    1
    1. chrisaldrich 07 Apr 2022
      A number of ancient compilations, like those of Pliny, Diogenes Laertius, and Stobaeus, were indeed valued as both sources and models in the Renaissance, and authors of miscellaneously arranged compila-tions invoked Aulus Gellius as the founder of that genre.

      While there are ancient compilations by writers including Pliny, Diogenes Laertius, and Stobaeus, many authors in the Renaissance credited Aulus Gellius as the founder of the genre.

      compilation intellectual history information management Pliny Diogenes Laertius Stobaeus Aulus Gellius
    Visit annotations in context

    Tags

    Annotators

    URL

    docdrop.org/download_annotation_doc/Too-Much-to-Know_-Managing-Scho---Blair-Ann-M_-5eglr.pdf