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    The meeting of Diogenes of Sinope and Alexander the Great is one of the most discussed anecdotes from philosophical history. Many versions of it exist...
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    Athens. Perhaps most remarkable is a letter purporting to come from Diogenes of Sinope addressed to the people of Maroneia: You did well when you changed...
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    Cambridge university press. p. 155. Cf. Plato, Republic Book II Diogenes of Sinope, quoted by Stobaeus, Florilegium, iii. 13. 44. ""Logical Rudeness""...
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    Protrepticus, B14 Clement, Protrepticus, B15 Diogenes Laërtius, B42 Diogenes Laërtius, B56 Diogenes Laërtius, B57 B81 Diogenes Laërtius, B40 B39 B121 Stobaeus, B118...
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    ("Cupid Accused") he defended amatory poetry; and in the Dialogen des Diogenes von Sinope (1770) he gave a general vindication of his philosophical views.[citation...
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    writings of Lucian in his Socrates Gone Mad; or, the Dialogues of Diogenes of Sinope (1770) and his Conversations in Elysium (1780). Lucian appears as...
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  • BC)[2][4][5] Diogenes Laërtius (3rd century)[2][3][4] Diogenes of Apollonia (c. 460 BC)[2][4] Diogenes of Babylon (c. 230–c. 150/140 BC) Diogenes of Oenoanda...
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    Eminent Philosophers by the third-century AD biographer Diogenes Laërtius, Diogenes of Sinope, the fourth-century BC Cynic philosopher, often masturbated...
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  • himself to death. 323 BCE – Accounts differ regarding the death of Diogenes of Sinope. He is alleged to have died from eating raw octopus, from being bitten...
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    famous for his sexual prowess and is often depicted with a phallus. Diogenes of Sinope, speaking in jest, related a myth of Pan learning masturbation from...
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  • Nephew of Plato. Eudoxus of Cnidus (c. 408 – 355 BC). Pupil of Plato. Diogenes of Sinope (c. 404 – 323 BC). Cynic. Xenocrates (c. 396 – 314 BC). Disciple of...
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  • it to another? Kierkegaard says, "When the Eleatics denied motion, Diogenes of Sinope, as everyone knows, came forward as an opponent. He literally did...
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    "King of the Beggars" So Chan, a Chinese folk hero of Drunken Fist Diogenes of Sinope, a Greek philosopher Dobri Dobrev, a Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist...
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    reference to his physical girth. According to Alexander Polyhistor, quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, his actual name was Aristocles, son of Ariston, of the deme (suburb)...
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  • Diogenes of Oenoanda Diogenes of Seleucia (Epicurean) Diogenes of Sinope Diogenes of Tarsus Diogenes the Cynic Dionysian Dionysian and Apollonian Dionysius...
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    Diodorus Siculus Diodorus of Sardis Diodorus of Tarsus Diogenes of Amisus, Bishop of Amisus Diogenes Laërtius Dionysius of Andros Dionysius of Cyzicus Dionysius...
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    grounds that Apollo, being immortal, would tire of her when she grew old. Sinope, a nymph, was approached by the amorous Apollo. She made him promise that...
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    accessed 30 December 2018 Jeremiah 5:1 KJV Ancient History Encyclopedia, Diogenes of Sinope, accessed 30 December 2018 Jeremiah 5:2 NKJV Jeremiah 5:2 LEB Jeremiah...
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  • Dickensian – Charles Dickens Dickinsonian – Emily Dickinson Diogenean – Diogenes of Sinope Dionysian – Dionysus, of Greek mythology (as in Dionysian Mysteries);...
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    Eminent Philosophers by the third-century AD biographer Diogenes Laërtius, Diogenes of Sinope, the fourth-century BC Cynic philosopher, often masturbated...
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  • 750-323 BC: A Source-based Approach. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-09958-5. John Van Antwerp Fine (1983). The Ancient Greeks: A Critical History. Harvard University...
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    the past: Ritual activities at palatial ruins in Early Iron Age Crete". In van Dyke, Ruth; Alock, Susan (eds.). Archaeologies of Memory. Blackwell. pp. 81–100...
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    Renaissance collection of Cynic sayings and anecdotes", particular of Diogenes (from Diogenes Laertius.) One of these was published independently, as How to...
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    Sources of Diogenes Laertius" ("Beiträge zur Quellenkunde und Kritik des Laertius Diogenes"), examined the origins of the ideas of Diogenes Laërtius. Though...
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    Greeks. Many Greek-founded colonies are well known cities to this day. Sinope and Trabzon (Greek: Τραπεζοῦς Trapezous), were founded by Milesian traders...
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    [citation needed] Cosmopolitans, reportedly including the ancient Greek Diogenes of Sinope, have described themselves as citizens of the world. William Godwin...
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  • Apion II, 265 = 59 A 19 DK; Plutarch. On superstition 10 p. 169 F – 170 A; Diogenes Laërtius, II 12-14; Olympiodorus the Younger. Commentary on Aristotle's...
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    Heraclitus of Ephesus (6th century BC), and the founder of Cynicism Diogenes of Sinope (4th century BC). Greeks referred to the Black Sea as the "Euxinos...
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    in Greek style. According to Epiphanius, Hadrian appointed Aquila from Sinope in Pontus as "overseer of the work of building the city", since he was related...
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  • natural philosophy and ethics, of which little remains. Lost works of Diogenes of Sinope He is reported to have written several books, none of which has survived...
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