Diogenes Laertius

17th-century engraving Diogenes Laërtius ( ; , ; ) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Little 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Vidas, opiniones y sentencias de los filósofos más ilustres / by Diogenes, Laertius

    Published 1922
    Book
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    Vidas de los más ilustres filósofos griegos / by Diogenes, Laertius

    Published 1985
    Book
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    Vidas, opiniones y sentencias de los filósofos más ilustres / by Diógenes Laertius

    Published 1940
    Book
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    Vidas, opiniones y sentencias de los filósofos más ilustres / by Diogenes Laertius

    Published 1946
    Book
  5. 5

    Vidas de los filósofos más célebres / by Diogenes Laertius

    Published 1949
    Book
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    Vidas, opiniones y sentencias de los filósofos más ilustres / by Diogenes Laertius

    Published 1904
    Book
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    Vidas, opiniones y sentencias de los filósofos más ilustres / by Diogenes Laertius

    Published 1959
    Book
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    Lives of Eminent Philosophers / by Diógenes Laertius, 120?-200?

    Published 1950
    Book
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    Vidas de los filósofos más ilustres / by Diógenes Laertius, 120?-200?

    Published 1949
    Book
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    Vidas, opiniones y sentencias de los filósofos más ilustres / by Diógenes Laertius, 120?-200?

    Published 1959
    Book
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    Vidas, opiniones y sentencias de los filósofos más ilustres / by Diógenes Laertius, 120?-200?

    Published 1940
    Book
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    Vidas, opiniones y sentencias de los filósofos más ilustres / by Diógenes Laertius, 120?-200?

    Published 1959
    Book
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    La secta del perro ; Vidas de los filósofos cínicos / by García Gual, Carlos, 1943-

    Published 2011
    Other Authors: “…Diogenes, Laertius…”
    Book
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    Arte de la biografía : Plutarco, Laercio, Tácito /

    Published 1956
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