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Diogenes of Babylon

240 BC - 150 BC

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Diogenes of Babylon (also known as Diogenes of Seleucia; Ancient Greek: Διογένης Βαβυλώνιος; Latin: Diogenes Babylonius; c. 230 – c. 150/140 BC) was a Stoic philosopher. He was the head of the Stoic school in Athens, and he was one of three philosophers sent to Rome in 155 BC. He wrote many works, but none of his writings survived, except as quotations by later writers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diogenes of Babylon is the 627th most popular philosopher (down from 443rd in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 113th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iraqi Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 627 out of 1,267. Before him are Metrodorus of Lampsacus, R. G. Collingwood, Roman Ingarden, Maximus Planudes, Guarino da Verona, and Eugen Fink. After him are Yuri Lotman, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Yan Hui, Étienne Balibar, Syrianus, and Andreas Karlstadt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 240 BC, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 1. After him are Diocles, and Lucius Valerius Flaccus. Among people deceased in 150 BC, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 4. Before him are Patanjali, Demetrius I Soter, and Seleucus of Seleucia. After him are Mago, Marcus Octavius, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Apollodorus the Epicurean, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Aristobulus of Alexandria, Manius Aquillius, and Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 180 out of 384. Before him are Seleucus of Seleucia (-190), Ibn Muqla (886), Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (1951), Ninus (null), Zubaidah bint Ja`far (766), and Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1931). After him are Lugalbanda (null), Ibrahim al-Jaafari (1947), Ayad Allawi (1944), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (1954), Al-Hakim I (1247), and Rimush (null).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iraq

Among philosophers born in Iraq, Diogenes of Babylon ranks 6. Before him are Al-Kindi (801), Al-Ash'ari (873), Al-Jahiz (775), Abu Yusuf (731), and Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809). After him are Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190), and Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863).

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