Diogenic

Various scholars have maintained that the rigorous type of anecdotes is primary and genuinely Diogenic, whereas the hedonistic type of anecdotes was introduced in the

CYNICISM RAGNAR H 1968

The Antisthenic-Diogenic theory of the double paideia must be looked upon as emanating from the same Socratic source.

CYNICISM RAGNAR H 1968

In the meanwhile we will devote ourselves to the cultivation of that peculiarly disreputable sloth which is conducive to longevity, _relevé_ (according to the gastronomic idiom) on my part, with the study of French Heraldry which in the present world upheaval, is the most futile pursuit conceivable by a Diogenic philosopher.

The Mountebank William John Locke 1896

Diogenic form of wisdom is by no means very profound.

Christian Ethics. Volume II.���Pure Ethics. 1819-1870 1873

Claude contemplates himself within the domain of his intellectual kingdom, and abandons his outer man with Diogenic indifference.

Beatrix 1839

Socratic, or rather Diogenic utterances, not unhappy in their way, whereby the monster, 'persuaded into silence,' seems soon after to have withdrawn for the night.

Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838

Claude contemplates himself within the domain of his intellectual kingdom, and abandons his outer man with Diogenic indifference.

Beatrix Honor�� de Balzac 1824