Diogenes Laërtius

Diogenes Laërtius

Diogenes Laërtius ( dy-OJ-in-eez lay-UR-shee-əs; Ancient Greek: Διογένης Λαέρτιος, Laertios; fl. 3rd century CE) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Little is definitively known about his life, but his surviving work, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, remains a primary 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. In many cases, he focuses on 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diogenes Laërtius is the 150th most popular writer (up from 215th in 2019). (up from 44th in 2019)

Diogenes Laërtius is most famous for his work Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, which is a compilation of the lives and opinions of philosophers.