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Diogenes the Cynic, [a] also known as Diogenes of Sinope (c. 413/403–c. 324/321 BCE), was an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism.Renowned for his ascetic lifestyle, biting wit, and radical critiques of social conventions, he became a legendary figure whose life and teachings have been recounted, often through anecdote, in both antiquity and later cultural traditions.
Diogenes requests that Alexander return the sunshine to him, it being something that Alexander cannot give to him in the first place. [4] [22] Diogenes' answer circulated as an aphorism in western Britain in the early Middle Ages, but it does not seem to have been understood or else had become completely divorced from the story.
Diogenes journal from the International Council of Philosophy and Humanistic Studies; Diogenes Verlag, a Swiss publishing house; Diogenes Club, named after Diogenes of Sinope, co-founded by Sherlock Holmes' brother Mycroft; Diogenes, an interstellar scout ship in Poul Anderson's The Entity
Diogenes of Tarsus (Ancient Greek: Διογένης ὁ Ταρσεύς; fl. 2nd century BC [1]) was an Epicurean philosopher, who is described by Strabo [2] as a person clever in composing improvised tragedies. He was the author of several works, which, however, are lost.
Antonius Diogenes (Koinē Greek: Ἀντώνιος Διογένης) was the author of an ancient Greek romance entitled The Wonders Beyond Thule (Τὰ ὑπὲρ Θoύλην ἄπιστα). [1] Scholars have placed him in the 2nd century , but his age was unknown even to Photius I, Patriarch of Constantinople , who wrote a synopsis of the ...
The House of Diogenes (Greek: Διoγένης, romanized: Diogenēs), feminine form: Diogenissa, [a] plural: Diogenai, [b] [1] was a Cappadocian Greek noble family of the Byzantine military aristocracy that provided several prominent generals and three emperors during the 10th and 11th century. [2]
Diogenes or on Servants (Ancient Greek: Διογένης ἢ περὶ οἰκέτων, romanized: Diogenēs e peri oiketōn, Oration 10 in modern corpora) is a short speech delivered by Dio Chrysostom between AD 82 and 96, [1] presenting a dialogue between Diogenes of Sinope and an unnamed traveller, which presents arguments against slavery and consulting oracles.
Panaetius, son of Nicagoras, was born around 185–180 BC, [1] into an old and eminent Rhodian family. [3] He is said to have been a pupil of the linguist Crates of Mallus, [4] who taught in Pergamum, and moved to Athens where he attended the lectures of Critolaus and Carneades, but attached himself principally to the Stoic Diogenes of Babylon and his disciple Antipater of Tarsus. [5]