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Diogenes Laërtius

180 - 240

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Diogenes Laërtius ( dy-OJ-in-eez lay-UR-shee-əs; 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diogenes Laërtius has received more than 576,721 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Diogenes Laërtius is the 177th most popular writer (up from 183rd in 2019).

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.

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Among writers, Diogenes Laërtius ranks 177 out of 5,755Before him are Stanisław Lem, Abu Nuwas, Karel Čapek, J. D. Salinger, Petronius, and Lope de Vega. After him are Dale Carnegie, Constantine VII, John the Evangelist, Juvenal, Mansur Al-Hallaj, and Georges Simenon.

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Among people born in 180, Diogenes Laërtius ranks 1After him are Ardashir I, Pope Callixtus I, Pope Anterus, Julia Soaemias, Eugenia of Rome, Julia Avita Mamaea, and Pope Heraclas of Alexandria. Among people deceased in 240, Diogenes Laërtius ranks 1After him are Sextus Julius Africanus and Sabinianus.

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