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. Nothing 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. He also frequently focuses on trivial or insignificant details of his subjects' lives while ignoring important details of their philosophical teachings and he sometimes fails to distinguish between earlier and later teachings of specific philosophical schools. However, unlike many other ancient secondary sources, Diogenes Laërtius generally reports philosophical teachings without attempting to reinterpret or expand on them, which means his accounts are often closer to the primary sources. Due to the loss of so many of the primary sources on which Diogenes relied, his work has become the foremost surviving source on the history of Greek philosophy.
Diogenes Laertius
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Диоген Лаэрций, Diogen Laerti, דיוגנס לארטיוס, and 64 others
D.L, Διογένης Λαέρτιος, Diogeno Laertio, Diogen Laėrt︠s︡kiĭ, Cilicianus Diogenes, Diogène de Laërte, Diógenes Laércio, Diogenes Laërtios, Diogène Laertien, Diógeni Laérciu, Diogene, Laertios Diogenes, Laertios Diogenēs, ディオゲネス・ラエルティオス, Laércio, Diogenész Laertiosz, Διογενής, Laertius Diogenes, Диоген Лаэртский, Diogenés Laertský, Diogen, Acogene Laerce, 디오게네스라에르티오스, Diogen Laërtses, Diogenes Laertius, Diogene Laerzio, de Laërte Diogène, دیوژن لائرتی, Διογένης, Diogenes Biographus, Diogen Laèrtskij, Diogenes Laerzio, Diogene Laerce, Diogenes Laertios, Diogen Laertije, Διογένης ὁ Λαέρτιος, Diogen Laėrt︠s︡iĭ, Diogene Laerțiu, Diogénīs ho Laértios, Diogenes Laërtius, Diogens Laertijs, Dióxenes Laercio, ديوجانس اللايرتي, Diogénēs ho Laértios, Діоген Лаертський, Diogenês Laertios, Diogenes, Diogenes Cilicianus, Diògenes Laerci, Диоген Лаерций, Дыяген Лаэрцкі, ഡയോജനസ് ലേർറ്റിയൂസ്, Diogene Laërce, 第欧根尼·拉尔修, Diógenes Laercio, Diogenēs, ديوجينيس لائيرتيوس, Diogène, Diogène Laërce, Դիոգենես Լայերտացի, Diogen Laėrtskij, Laërce Diogenes, Diògene Laerzio, لايرتيوس، ديوجين - Born:
- Dec. 27, 0180
- Died:
- Dec. 27, 0240
