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What did philosophy give me? I can keep myself company.

Antisthenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.6

The source

"What did philosophy give me? I can keep myself company." Antisthenes said it in Diogenes Laertius 6.6. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"ἐρωτηθεὶς τί αὐτῷ περιγέγονεν ἐκ φιλοσοφίας, ἔφη, τὸ δύνασθαι ἑαυτῷ ὁμιλεῖν."

Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 6.6. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.

Who said it

Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Student of Socrates and forerunner of the Cynics.

Questions

Who said "What did philosophy give me? I can keep myself company."?
Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 6.6.
What is the original Greek?
ἐρωτηθεὶς τί αὐτῷ περιγέγονεν ἐκ φιλοσοφίας, ἔφη, τὸ δύνασθαι ἑαυτῷ ὁμιλεῖν. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

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