Diogenes

[ dahy-oj-uh-neez ]

noun

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

Diogenes

/ daɪˈɒdʒɪˌniːz /

noun

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

Other Words From

• Di·o·gen·ic [dahy-, uh, -, jen, -ik], Di·oge·nean adjective

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

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?”

From Scientific American

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

From Washington Post

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.

From New York Times

He had received scores of rejections when, in 1997, the Swiss publisher Diogenes Verlag accepted his novel “Death and the Penguin.”

From New York Times