Diogenes

[dahy-oj-uh-neez]

noun

1. 412?–323 b.c., Greek Cynic philosopher.

Diogenes

/ daɪˈɒdʒɪˌniːz /

noun

1. ?412–?323 _bc , Greek Cynic philosopher, who rejected social conventions and advocated self-sufficiency and simplicity of life

Other Word Forms

• Diogenic adjective
• Diogenean adjective

Example Sentences

“Most of the album is sort of about me being a bit of a Diogenes about the ills of modernity while still celebrating them.”

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The ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes went about with a lantern in search of an honest man.

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For everyone else, Diogenes will leave us his advice on life without work: “Why then do you live, if you do not care to live well?”

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Other recent titles include “How to Say No,” selections from Diogenes and the Cynics chosen and translated by M.D.

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His carved figure of the revolutionary Cuban poet José Martí, body caked with mud, glass eyes gleaming, hand gripping a machete like a Diogenes lamp, has haunted me ever since.

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