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Diogenianus
(416 words)

(Διογενιανός; Diogenianós).

[German version]

[1] Epicurean

Epicurean, dating uncertain (perhaps 2nd cent. AD). Eusebius (Pr. Ev. 4,3; 6,8), who cites long excerpts from his script against the doctrine of Chrysippus ‘On Fate’ (περὶ εἱμαρμένης), falsely labels him as a Peripatetic. D. accepted the truth and reliability of mantics. He taught the existence of fortune (τύχη) and of fate; but this does not exclude the freedom of the will.

Bibliography

T. Dorandi, in: Goulet 2, 833f.

J. Hammerstae…

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Dorandi, Tiziano (Paris) and Tosi, Renzo (Bologna), “Diogenianus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 27 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e318850>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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