PHILOSOPHER

Diogenes of Babylon

240 BC - 150 BC

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Diogenes of Babylon (also known as Diogenes of Seleucia; Ancient Greek: Διογένης Βαβυλώνιος; Latin: Diogenes Babylonius; c. 230 – c. 150/140 BC) was a Stoic philosopher. He was the head of the Stoic school in Athens, and he was one of three philosophers sent to Rome in 155 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diogenes of Babylon has received more than 127,100 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Diogenes of Babylon is the 443rd most popular philosopher (up from 579th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 161st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iraqi Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 443 out of 1,267. Before him are Ernest Gellner, Francisco Ferrer, Emmanuel Mounier, Thomas Cajetan, Petrus Ramus, and Johannes Althusius. After him are Ernesto Laclau, Theodorus the Atheist, Arnobius, John Toland, Huiyuan, and Vasishtha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 240 BC, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 1. After him are Diocles, and Lucius Valerius Flaccus. Among people deceased in 150 BC, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 3. Before him are Patanjali, and Demetrius I Soter. After him are Seleucus of Seleucia, Mago, Apollodorus the Epicurean, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Manius Aquillius, Aristobulus of Alexandria, and Marcus Octavius.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 113 out of 384. Before him are Shamash-shum-ukin (-650), Ahmad al-Rifaʽi (1118), Al-Mawardi (974), Tukulti-Ninurta I (-1300), Kerbogha (1100), and Al-Qahir (899). After him are Al-Muhtadi (825), Banū Mūsā (900), Phraates II (-200), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Taha Yassin Ramadan (1938), and Al-Mu'tadid (854).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iraq

Among philosophers born in Iraq, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 6. Before him are Al-Kindi (801), Al-Ash'ari (873), Al-Jahiz (775), Abu Yusuf (731), and Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809). After him are Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190), and Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863).

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