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Diogenes Laërtius (probably 3rd century AD), native of Laerte in Cilicia, was a biographer of ancient Greek philosophers. His Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers , in ten books, is still extant and is an important source of information on the...
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The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other. One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. Victor Hugo...


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Name: Diogenes Laertius
Birth Date: c. 200 A.D.
Nationality: Greek
Gender: Male

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Diogenes Laertius is the author of the only preserved example of an ancient "history of philosophy." The title of his book varies in surviving manuscripts but seems most likely to have been Compendium of the Lives and Opinions of Philosophers (circa...


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Diogenes Laertius(C. 200 Ce) Diogenes Laertius is the author of Compendium of the Lives and Opinions of Philosophers , the only general book on philosophers and their philosophy that has been transmitted from classical antiquity. Diogenes is known from...


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Hey Diogenes, Bring That Lantern Over Here for a Minute
06/24/1994: 835 words, approx. 3 pages
His Air Force career is far behind him. Retired Lt. Col. Kenneth W. Patrum, 82, says "chasing women" is now his primary pastime. Maybe he can't or won't give lessons in that. But he recently gave one in honesty. The Colonel, as everyone...


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