• Peregrinus Proteus (Greek: Περεγρῖνος Πρωτεύς; c. 95 – 165 AD) was a Greek Cynic philosopher, from Parium in Mysia. Leaving home at a young age, he first...
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  • The Passing of Peregrinus or The Death of Peregrinus (Greek: Περὶ τῆς Περεγρίνου Τελευτῆς; Latin: De Morte Peregrini) is a satire by the Syrian Greek...
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    In the 2nd century CE, Lucian, whilst pouring scorn on the Cynic philosopher Peregrinus Proteus, nevertheless praised his own Cynic teacher, Demonax, in...
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  • Latin Peregrinus is a given name and a surname. Another form is Peregrino. The word peregrine originally meant "foreign", from the Latin peregrinus. The...
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    Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (Latin), Pierre Pelerin de Maricourt (French), or Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt (fl. 1269), was a French mathematician,...
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  • This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek. Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with...
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  • philosophers. List of ancient Greek philosophers List of ancient Platonists List of Epicurean philosophers List of Stoic philosophers Lives & Writings on the Cynics...
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    ridiculed public figures, such as the Cynic philosopher Peregrinus Proteus in his letter The Passing of Peregrinus and the fraudulent oracle Alexander of Abonoteichus...
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  • AD 142) Justin Martyr, Christian apologist (b. AD 100) Peregrinus Proteus, Greek philosopher (b. AD 95) Taejodae, Korean ruler of Goguryeo (b. AD 47)...
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    Christian-turned-Cynic philosopher Peregrinus Proteus, who is satirized by Lucian in The Passing of Peregrinus: Both Ignatius and Peregrinus show a morbid eagerness...
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