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grbs-16217	Nijs, Wim	“Then truly the life of the gods will pass to men”: Contemplating Diogenes of Oenoanda’s Golden Age	2019	20	.pdf	application/pdf	7352	290	58	Diathesis in Diogenes There are several indications that Diogenes, whose intentions (cf. fr.3) are no less therapeutic than those of Philodemus, has also given some thought to the diathesis of his potential readers, which leads me to make a case for Epicurean diathesis as a plausible solution to the enigma presented by fr.56. The fact that Diogenes uses the term εὐσύγκριτοι twice, com- bined with the fact that in fr.112 he stresses the importance of one’s diathesis in an ethical context, makes for very good grounds to take Epicurean diathesis into consideration as a possible mech- anism underlying the leap in Diogenes’ reasoning. 3.3.	cache/grbs-16217.pdf	txt/grbs-16217.txt