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Diogenes Laertius, an Uncommon card
Diogenes Laërtius was a biographer of the Greek philosophers.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 48,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Diogenes Laertius quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Diogenes Laertius card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ is controversial among scholars because he often repeats information from his sources without critically evaluating it.
Answer
reputation. His reputation is controversial among scholars because he often repeats information from his sources without critically evaluating it. From the Diogenes Laertius article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Milling. Milling 79 · Hydrology 74 · Diogenes Laertius 71 · Broom 68 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 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.
- His reputation is controversial among scholars because he often repeats information from his sources without critically evaluating it.
- In many cases, he focuses on insignificant details of his subjects' lives while ignoring important details of their philosophical teachings and he sometimes fails to distinguish between earlier and later teachings of specific philosophical schools.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Diogenes Laertius article was read about 48,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Diogenes Laertius (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unidentified engraver, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
