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Featherless biped? Here's Plato's man.

Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.40

The source

"Featherless biped? Here's Plato's man." Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius 6.40. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"τίλας ἀλεκτρυόνα εἰσήνεγκεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν σχολὴν καί φησιν, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Πλάτωνος ἄνθρωπος."

Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 6.40. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.

Who said it

Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). The Cynic who lived in a jar in Athens and told Alexander the Great to get out of his sun.

Questions

Who said "Featherless biped? Here's Plato's man."?
Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 6.40.
What is the original Greek?
τίλας ἀλεκτρυόνα εἰσήνεγκεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν σχολὴν καί φησιν, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Πλάτωνος ἄνθρωπος. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Calm.

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