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Diogenes of Phoenicia

Neoplatonist philosopher banished from Athens in 529

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Diogenes of Phoenicia was a philosopher.

Diogenes of Phoenicia (; ) was a 6th-century Greek philosopher. He is known mainly for the fact that Agathias mentions him as one of the seven well-known philosophers who influenced the Academy in its final years. Diogenes was born in Phoenicia, and like most other academy leaders of that time, a native of the Middle East.

Diogenes was one of the philosophers who, after the closure of the Academy in 529, moved to the Sassanid Empire, and took with him a large number of works of Greek philosophy, which eventually ended up being translated into the Syrian, Hebrew, Arabic and Persian languages.

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neoplatonist philosopher banished from Athens in 529

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· Wikipedia: Diogenes of Phoenicia

· Wikidata: Q3028697

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