Often when he was looking on at auctions he would say, "How… - Diogenes Laërtius

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Often when he was looking on at auctions he would say, "How many things there are which I do not need!"

Diogenes Laërtius

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Diogenes Laërtius (fl. c. 3rd century AD), 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 development of Greek philosophy. The period when he lived is not exactly known, but it is supposed to have been during the reigns of Septimius Severus and Caracalla.

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Native Name: Διογένης ὁ Λαέρτιος

Alternative Names: Diogenes Laertius

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Often when he was looking on at auctions he would say, "How many things there are which I do not need!" - Diogenes Laërtius

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