Diogenes of Phoenicia
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Neoplatonist philosopher banished from Athens in 529
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, 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.
