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diogenes
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What does diogenes mean?
proper noun
- A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Διογένης (Diogénēs).
- Diogenes of Sinope, an Ancient Greek philosopher (c.412-c.323 BC), the most famous of Cynic philosophers.
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Here Diogenes, step-son to Archelaus, fighting on the right wing with much gallantry, made an honorable end.
Indeed, he speaks of himself specifically, in a letter quoted by Diogenes, as one who is accustomed to study astronomy.
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He had acquired the habit of reading a few pages in his Diogenes Laertius every night, before he went to bed.
When the philosopher Diogenes wanted money, he used to say, that he redemanded it of his friends, not that he demanded it.
Dissection--already practiced by Alcmaeon, Democritus, Diogenes and others--was conducted on a large scale, but the human body was still taboo.