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Diogenes Laertius

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Greece

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Biography, Philosophy

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Diogenes Laertius (Greek: Διογένης Λαέρτιος, lived c. 3rd century CE) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a principal source for the history of Greek philosophy.

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Average rating: 4.07 · 1,534 ratings · 134 reviews · 188 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 4.10 avg rating — 746 ratings — published 250 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Vol 1, Books 1-5 by Diogenes Laertius, Robert Drew Hicks (translator) 4.17 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 250 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Vol 2, Books 6-10 by Diogenes Laertius, Robert Drew Hicks (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 250 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Leben des Diogenes von Sinope by Diogenes Laertius, Kurt Steinmann 3.82 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stoics 3.98 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stoic Six Pack 5: The Cynics: An Introduction to Cynic Philosophy/The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus/Life of Antisthenes/The Symposium, Book 4/Life of Diogenes/Life of Crates by Diogenes Laertius, Publilius Syrus, Xenophon 3.58 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Works (Ancient Classics Book 47) 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diogenes of Sinope - Life and Legend: Handbook of Source Material by Diogenes Laertius, Dio Chrysostom, Aelian 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los diez libros de Diogenes Laercio sobre las vidas, opiniones y sentencias de los filosofos mas ilustres 1 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Διογένης ο Κυνικός by Diogenes Laertius, Διογένης Λαέρτιος, Νίκος Τούσης (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Diogenes Laertius (?)

“Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend.”
― Diogenes

tags: time

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“One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.”
― Diogenes Laërtius

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“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.”
― Diogenes Laertius

tags: listening, paraphrased

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