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Cynics, a school of philosophers, founded by Antisthenes. Their

texts were a kind of caricature of Socraticism. Nothing was good

but virtue, nothing bad but vice. The Cynics repudiated all civil

and social claims, and attempted to return to what they called a

state of nature. Many of them were very disgusting in their

manners.

DEMETRIUS of Phalerum, an Athenian orator, statesman,

philosopher, and poet. Born 345 B.C.

Democritus of Abdera (460-361 B.C.), celebrated as the 'laughing

philosopher,' whose constant thought was 'What fools these

mortals be.' He invented the Atomic Theory.

Dio of Syracuse, a disciple of Plato, and afterwards tyrant of

Syracuse. Murdered 353 B.C.

Diogenes, the Cynic, born about 412 B.C., renowned for his

rudeness and hardihood.

Diognetus, a painter.

Dispense with, put up with.

Dogmata, pithy sayings, or philosophical rules of life.