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Diogenes Laërtius
Diogenes Laërtius was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Little is definitively known about his life, but his surviving work, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, remains a primary source for the history of ancient Greek philosophy. His reputation is controversial among scholars because he often repeats information from his sources without critically evaluating it. In many cases, he fo…
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culture · 3rd-century Roman biographer of Greek philosophers · historian · biographer · philosopher · philosophy historian · also Diogenes Laërtius, Diogenes Laertius, Laërtius
Born 0180 · Died 0240 · Q59138
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