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Diogenes of Babylon

240 BC - 150 BC

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Diogenes of Babylon (also known as Diogenes of Seleucia; 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 116,313 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Diogenes of Babylon is the 579th most popular philosopher (down from 540th in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iraqi Philosopher.

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  • 22

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  • 6.59

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 579 out of 1,081Before him are Thomas Reid, Hans Blumenberg, Narayana Guru, Hermann Lotze, Dignāga, and Arete of Cyrene. After him are Gongsun Long, Hu Shih, Jean Améry, Zisi, Eknath, and Abhinavagupta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 240 BC, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 1After him are Diocles and Lucius Valerius Flaccus. Among people deceased in 150 BC, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 4Before him are Patanjali, Demetrius I Soter, and Seleucus of Seleucia. After him are Apollodorus the Epicurean, Sanchuniathon, Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Manius Aquillius, and Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 162 out of 338Before him are Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid (948), Al-Musta'in (836), Phraates II (-200), Uday Hussein (1964), Al-Mustarshid (1092), and Seleucus of Seleucia (-190). After him are Rimush (null), Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (1892), Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746), Ur-Nanshe (-2500), Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002), and Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iraq

Among philosophers born in Iraq, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 6Before 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) and Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932).