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Διογενές
Zeus-born
[Meaning] most noble.
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1656
Ἄμπωτις
ebb, ebbing, suckback
… to execution (chi 140). See further, next note. [3] From
Diogenes
Laertius 7.123, on Stoic doctrine. Translators of D.L. differ on the interpretation of *xarw/neia: Hicks' Loeb favours "caves"; M. Gigante,
Diogene
Laerzio (Bari …
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4252
Ἀστραπή
lightning
[1] A Stoic definition from
Diogenes
Laertius 7.153; cf. kappa 1377. [2] cf.
Diogenianus
3.7 and other paroemiographers.
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3830
Ἀρετή
arete, excellence, virtue
… courage. A proof that virtue exists is the fact that
Diogenes
and Antisthenes, Socrates, and their followers were able to make moral progress. And vice also exists, because it is the opposite to virtue; …
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2712
Κυνισμός
Cynicism
… goal of Cynicism is to live according to virtue, as
Diogenes
and Zeno of Citium say. The Cynics held that one should live frugally, eating the necessary foods, and should despise wealth and reputation …
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618
Ἀεὶ ἔστω
eternal being
… Just as happiness is called eu)estw/ ["well-being"]. The reading of
Diogenianus
in Truth [in the] second [book].
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180
Ἄγε δῆτα
hey there
… there, over here. And [there is] an epigram addressed to
Diogenes
the Cynic: "' Hey,
Diogenes,
tell [us], what fate took you to Hades?' 'A dog's bite took me'". But the epigram [sc. illustrates …
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2723
Ἀντισθένης
Antisthenes
… in the Cynosarges gymnasium. And he became the mentor of
Diogenes
the Cynic and the rest. When Antisthenes was suffering from a long and intractable illness
Diogenes
gave him a dagger, saying, "If you …
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3638
Ἀποφθίμενον
having perished
… who has] died. "Receive me who have perished, the dog
Diogenes."
Also [sc. attested is] a)pofqi/sein ["to destroy"], [meaning] to kill, to put to death. Teucer says to the corpse of Ajax: "do you …
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114
Βάρεις
barges
… your horrible barge is heavily laden, accept me, the dog
Diogenes
deceased."
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3640
Εὐπάρυφα
finely-bordered
[Meaning] well-manfactured, or wealthy. "When
Diogenes
the Cynic saw a certain finely-bordered person in Corinth, he said, 'Sell me to this man.'" "Next, all demanded to be finely-dressed in their outer-garments, putting on clothing …
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286
Αἵρεσις
school, sect
An approximation (and abridgement) of
Diogenes
Laertius 1.19-21. [1] The Greek noun hairesis can also mean "choice," so the word meant "what is chosen" (see Mansfeld 1999, 21 ff.). [2] See Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae …
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1654
Ἀμπλάκημα
failure
… 146. [3] This passage is taken (with minor changes) from
Diogenes
Laertius 7.120-1, where the Stoic thesis that all faults or moral mistakes are equal (cf. alpha 2479, end; kappa 320, end) is quoted …
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Ἀρετή
arete, virtue, excellence
… both cited from Harpokration s.v. [2] The source now becomes
Diogenes
Laertius 7.127-128. [3] That virtue can be lost is said by Chrysippus; that it cannot be lost, by Cleanthes
(Diogenes
Laertius 7.127). Probably …
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627
Διαλεκτική
dialectic
… Zintzen (223 Asmus); cf. alpha 278, epsilon 1929. [3] cf.
Diogenes
Laertius 7.42-43. This definition of dialectic (in its shorter version “the knowledge of what is true and false”: Cicero, Academica 2.91) is frequently …
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Ἔρως
love
… the same as happiness): freedom from disturbance or a)taraci/a). See
Diogenes
Laertius 10.118. [2] On this point see Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.91, 15-16, ed. Wachsmuth (= SVF 395). This echoes the canonical Stoic definition of …
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Κεστρᾶν τεμάχη
mullets' slices
… honest to make gains". The proverb is interpreted differently in
Diogenianus
5.53 (Mazarin codex): "concerning the greedy, who pretend to fast; for the animal is insatiable" (on the gluttony of mullets, discussed in Aristotle, …
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103
Αἰεὶ ἐστώ
eternal being
… just as happiness is called eu)estw/ ["well-being"]. The reading of
Diogenianus
in the second [book] of Antiphon's Truth.
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761
Ἴϋγξ
Iunx, Jynx, charm
… elsewhere: "so powerful was the charm of the words of
Diogenes
the Cynic."
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3633
Εὐπάθεια
good affective state
… What follows in the entry reproduces (with some minor changes)
Diogenes
Laertius 7.116, where eupatheiai are discussed as an issue within the sphere of Stoic ethics. A eupatheia is a correct or rational affection; …
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2148
Κόσμος
universe, world
See also kappa 2147. The present entry is taken from
Diogenes
Laertius 7.137-138 (=SVF 2.526) and Stobaeus, Eclogae I, p. 184, 8 ff. (ed. Wachsmuth=SVF 2.527), in the context of a Stoic doxography. [1] …
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1923
Ἐπαγωγή
induction; sequence-formation
… part of the present tripartite entry reproduces (with slight variations)
Diogenes
Laertius 3.53-55. [1] Presumably, "true premises". [2] There is apparently something missing here. In DL the second point of this mode is the …
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97
Ἡδοναί
pleasures
… happiness is the "systematic structure" consisting of particular pleasures (see
Diogenes
Laertius 2.87 and the parallel passage in tau 283). For the dispute between Epicurus and the Cyrenaics, see
Diogenes
Laertius 10.136-138. [4] See …
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77
Καθῆκον
due action; what is appropriate
… from from Polybius (note 5 below), this entry draws on
Diogenes
Laertius 7.107-110. [1] These first lines are taken literally from Diog.Laert. 7.107, who reports the Stoic theory of "due action". Engberg-Pedersen ([1990] 127) …
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246
Καλὸν πρᾶγμα
fine thing, fine fact
… see n. 5 below -- this entry follows and abridges
Diogenes
Laertius 7.99-101 (in the context of a Stoic doxography); cf. already kappa 245. [1] cf. kappa 252, where these four kinds have been …
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1827
Ἀναγκαῖον
necessary
… 2582. [4] Callisthenes FGrH 124 F17. [5] An approximation of
Diogenes
Laertius 7.75. [6]
Diogenes
Laertius 9.44-45. [7] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 177.19-27.
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2827
Ἀξίωμα
proposition
… 2826, kappa 1039. The present entry reproduces (with some variations)
Diogenes
Laertius 7.65-66. Copied to alpha 3628; and cf. also epsilon 3074, pi 3254. [1] This sentence is not intelligible without a brief explanation. …
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4092
Ἀρχή
principle
… part of a Stoic doxography, reproduced with small variations from
Diogenes
Laertius 7.134 (see SVF 2.299 and 2.300). [2] Or "that which acts". [3] "That which is acted upon". [4] This is the Stoic …
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4305
Ἄττα
father
… an attribution of the epigram to Callimachus is found in
Diogenes
Laertius 1.79 and only there. They observe that although the Anthologia Palatina (AP) makes no attribution for this epigram, it is highly likely …
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595
Διακόσμησις
orderly arrangement
… a single noun in the Greek -- is used by
Diogenes
Laertius (below) before the quotation given. Both it and the quotation are in the accusative case, transposed here to nominative. [1] Or "center." …
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