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Diogenes

Diogenes Meaning & Definition
Diogenes Definition And Meaning

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[n] Greek Cynic philosopher who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC)

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Diogenes In Webster's Dictionary

\Di*og"e*nes\, n. A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings. {Diogenes' crab} (Zo["o]l.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops. {Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived.

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