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Diogenes Laërtius and Epicureanism

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Difference between Diogenes Laërtius and Epicureanism

Diogenes Laërtius vs. Epicureanism

Diogenes Laërtius (Διογένης Λαέρτιος, Diogenēs Laertios) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Epicureanism is a system of philosophy based upon the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus, founded around 307 BC.

Similarities between Diogenes Laërtius and Epicureanism

Diogenes Laërtius and Epicureanism have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Epicurus, Neoplatonism, Pyrrhonism, Roman Empire, Sextus Empiricus.

Epicurus

Epicurus (Ἐπίκουρος, Epíkouros, "ally, comrade"; 341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded a school of philosophy now called Epicureanism.

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Neoplatonism

Neoplatonism is a term used to designate a strand of Platonic philosophy that began with Plotinus in the third century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion.

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Pyrrhonism

Pyrrhonism was a school of skepticism founded by Pyrrho in the fourth century BC.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Sextus Empiricus

Sextus Empiricus (Σέξτος Ἐμπειρικός; c. 160 – c. 210 CE, n.b., dates uncertain), was a physician and philosopher, who likely lived in Alexandria, Rome, or Athens.

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Diogenes Laërtius and Epicureanism Comparison

Diogenes Laërtius has 43 relations, while Epicureanism has 116. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 3.14% = 5 / (43 + 116).

References

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