Diogenes Laertios

3rd-century Roman biographer of Greek philosophers

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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_Laertius

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