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grbs-8281	Hock, Ronald F.	Simon the Shoemaker as an Ideal Cynic	1976	13	.pdf	application/pdf	6082	352	68	He denies that he mocked Simon; Phaidon did, when he said that Simon was wiser than Prodicus of Ceos, whose encomium on Heracles Simon had refuted.67 Aristippus says that he admires him, since he, though only a shoemaker, is so wise that Socrates and many aristocratic youths are persuaded to converse with him.6s 41 Simon the Shoemaker as an Ideal Cynic Ronald F. Hock ~ CORDING TO DIOGENES LAERTIUS (2.122) Socrates often visited the workshop of a shoemaker named Simon, who took notes of their conversations and even included thirty-three of them in a book.1 The association of Socrates with Simon is assumed in other ancient references to this shoemaker-philosopher.2 Most scholars, however, have been suspicious.	cache/grbs-8281.pdf	txt/grbs-8281.txt