He also said that he marvelled that among the Greeks, those who were skilful in a thing contend together; but those who have no such skill act as judges of the contest.
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Diogenes Lartius was Greek 3rd-century roman biographer of greek philosophers. Diogenes LaĆ«rtius 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. Read more on Wikipedia →
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