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  1. Diogenes Laërtius ( / daɪˌɒdʒɪniːz leɪˈɜːrʃiəs / dy-OJ-in-eez lay-UR-shee-əs; [1] Greek: Διογένης Λαέρτιος, Laertios; fl. 3rd century AD) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers.

  2. Diogenes Laërtius (flourished 3rd century ce) was a Greek author noted for his history of Greek philosophy, the most important existing secondary source of knowledge in the field.

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  3. Diogenes Laertius (3 rd Century A.D.) is the primary source for the surviving complete letters of Epicurus and for biographical and other pertinent information about him: Index: Biography of Epicurus; Epicurus's followers and namesakes; Epicurus's writings; Overview of Epicureanism; Epicurean epistemology and physics; Epicurean ethics ...

  4. Jan 4, 2022 · Why isn’t Diogenes more interested in the way people establish or defend their views? Why exactly does he include the long doctrinal excerpts? What for him qualifies a person as a philosopher rather than as another kind of public intellectual? (The biography of Xenophon mentions no philosophy at all; it would seem he is there just as a Socratic.)

  5. Diogenes Laertius (3rd century CE) is the author of a collection of poems entitled Pammetros and of a work in ten books known as the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers. The Lives were dedicated to a woman who was an enthusiastic Platonist (Book 3, § 47 and Book 10, § 29) and whose identity is unknown.

  6. 2 days ago · Greek biographer. Diogenes is not a serious philosopher, but his book Lives of Eminent Philosophers is a major biographical source for all classical Greek and Roman philosophers until the 3rd century ad, when it is presumed that Diogenes Laertius lived.

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  8. This chapter addresses Diogenes Laertius’ Lives of Eminent Philosophers, which recounts the doings, sayings, and writings of the leading figures.

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