Diogenes
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- proper noun
- /daɪˈɒdʒəniz/
- Guilt and recrimination having taken their toll on me, my powers were far from at their best when I received an urgent message summoning me to the Diogenes Club to meet with my brother Mycroft.
- Diogenes the Cynic
- Diogenes Laertius
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Watch on YouTubeThere's this story where Alexander the Great went to go meet him and said, Diogenes, if I should not be Alexander, I would wish to be you.
- There's this story where Alexander the Great went to go meet him and said, Diogenes, if I should not be Alexander, I would wish to be you.
- But Diogenes student was Creedes and then Creedes student was Zeno.
- Maybe it's Socrates, maybe it's Diogenes, maybe it's other people.
Examples
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As the founder of Cynicism, Diogenes rejected material wealth and chose to live in a tub.
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Diogenes famously wandered the streets with a lantern, claiming to search for an honest Diogenes.
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A letter from the Diogenes Club.
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The Diogenes Club, of course.
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There is one other discussion of Diogenes and Alexander as well.
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Years later, I discovered the Diogenes Club books from Monkeybrain Press.
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It seems to me the Diogenes Club is here, there, and everywhere.
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Nietzsche admired Diogenes for sticking stubbornly to the here and now.
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And Diogenes came to the Academy and held up a pluck chicken and said behold Plato's man.
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Many stories recount how Diogenes confronted social norms, often mocking the conventions of his time.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Diogenes comes from Greek parts Dio- (from 'Zeus') and -genes ('born'), so the name means 'born of Zeus'. That grand name is easy to remember because the philosopher Diogenes lived very simply and openly rejected social rules and luxury.