diogenes in English

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( circa 400– circa 325 bc ) , Greek philosopher. The most noted of the Cynics, he emphasized self-sufficiency and the need for natural, uninhibited behavior, regardless of social conventions.

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1. Diogenes Diogenes' thought is in many ways a throwback to pre-Parmenidean cosmology.

2. 23 Diogenes Diogenes' thought is in many ways a throwback to pre-Parmenidean cosmology.

3. Pseudo-Diogenes, an impostor who assumed the identity of another of Romanos' sons, Leo Diogenes.

4. Diogenes, though, led an ascetic life.

5. Diogenes became known for his biting sarcasm.

6. The philosopher replied rather contemptuously , I am Diogenes , the Cynic.

7. "Why are you begging for alms, Diogenes?" - "In order to teach generosity."

8. The Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes, assuming command in person, met the invaders in Cilicia.

9. His name was Diogenes, a philosopher who lived in Athens in the fourth century B.C.E.

10. Diogenes gives a full list of the titles of the dialogues: this is the first catalogue of Aristippus' work

11. Anthemia Diogenes (commonly referred to as Anthemia, Queen of Greeks) was Byzantine Emperess from her brother's death in 1108 to her deposition in 1114

12. Biography Little is known about the life of Anaximander of Miletus but we do know a little through the writings of Aristotle, Apollodorus, and Diogenes Laertius and others.We should emphasise that Apollodorus, although writing in the second century BC, was still 500 years later than Anaximander while Diogenes wrote almost 500 years after Apollodorus

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14. In Diogenes’ work, Anaximander might have been the inventor of the gnomon, “the raised piece of a sundial whose shadow indicates the sun’s position”, as

15. Mazella shows how the ‘Cynicism’ of the ancient world, represented by the shadowy but powerful figure of Diogenes, turns into the watered-down ‘Cynicism’ of the present.

16. Antipathies By Diogenes ( articles ) Aug 14, 2003 The Boston Phoenix gives all of us an example of sober, impartial, and balanced reflection on a controverted issue.

17. By the age of eight he had read Aesop's Fables , Xenophon 's Anabasis , and the whole of Herodotus , and was acquainted with Lucian , Diogenes Laërtius , Isocrates and six dialogues of Plato (see his Autobiography).

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19. Therefore Antisthenes Accensed wyth indignation against him, Page [unnumbered] tooke vp a staffe to beat and abādon him: but Diogenes to testifie his diligence and good zeale towarde studies, was willing inough to be smitten vpon the head, say∣ing: beat me as long as thou shalt please, but certainly no staffe thou shalt finde so harde, with