Diogenes Laërtius

Diogenes Laërtius

Diogenes Laërtius ( dy-OJ-in-eez lay-UR-shee-əs; Ancient Greek: Διογένης Λαέρτιος, Laertios; fl. 3rd century AD) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Little is definitively known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a principal 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. Read more on Wikipedia

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Diogenes Laërtius is most famous for his work Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, which is a compilation of the lives and opinions of philosophers.