Monimus
Diogenes Laertius, Book V - Monimus
One Monimus there was, a wise man, Philo, br>
But not so very famous. br>
a. He, you mean, br>
Who carried the scrip? br>
b. Nay, not one scrip, but three. br>
Yet never a word, so help me Zeus, spake he br>
To match the saying, Know thyself, nor such br>
Famed watchwords. Far beyond all these he went, br>
Your dusty mendicant, pronouncing wholly vain br>
All man's supposings.
Monimus indeed showed himself a very grave moralist, so that he ever despised mere opinion and sought only truth
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