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Diogenes Laertius is documented in Fuller’s books (1843–1846). 2 distinct works are named, most often in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
“yet it may be that, in last result, the trance of Pythagoras might be classed with the more infantine transports of the Seeress of Prevorst.”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“yet it may be that, in last result, the trance of Pythagoras might be classed with the more infantine transports of the Seeress of Prevorst.”
Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1844.
Inferred Fuller mentions 'the trance of Pythagoras' as a parallel to the magnetic trance of the Seeress of Prevorst; alludes to the ancient tradition that Pythagoras experienced states of mystical ecstasy or catalepsy.
“An ancient sage had all things deeply tried, / And, as result, thus to his friends he cried, / "O friends, there are no friends.”
Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.
Inferred The saying 'O friends, there are no friends' is attributed by tradition to Aristotle, recorded in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book V.21. It was also transmitted by Montaigne (Essays, I.27). Fuller's framing 'An ancient sage' aligns with the Aristotle/Diogenes Laertius attribution.
The saying 'O friends, there are no friends' is attributed by tradition to Aristotle, recorded in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book V.21. Fuller's framing 'An ancient sage' aligns with the Aristotle/Diogenes Laertius attribution.