Anaxarchus, a Greek philosopher at Alexander the Great’s court, upheld wisdom and detachment, reflecting on the fleeting ...

Myson of Chenae, named a sage by Plato instead of Periander, stood for ethical wisdom over political power in Greek ...

Pherecydes of Syros, a pioneering philosopher and tutor of Pythagoras, blended myth and metaphysics, shaping early Greek thought.

He visited Egypt, Persia, and possibly India, learning from various scholars and priests. According to the Greek doxographer Diogenes Laertius, Democritus was a student of Leucippus, with whom he ...

Although Anacharsis did not leave written works, his sayings were preserved through later writers such as the ancient Greek doxographer Diogenes Laertius. In later centuries, Anacharsis became a ...

The ancient Greek biographer Diogenes Laertius, in his work Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, records some of his statements. “with men also cities are conjoined” he said in other realms.

Public Domain Ancient Greek philosopher Chrysippus (279–206 BC) is believed to have died of laughter in a bizarre incident recorded by his contemporary historian Diogenes Laertius. Chrysippus was a ...