Todd I am forgetting - is this tied to an Epicurean context or chapter?
No, this is in the "Life of Diogenes". Amusingly, the anecdote is about Diogenes making fun of Plato.
(I took your advice and decided to read DL in its entirety.)
Lucretius On The Development of Language
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Diogenes the Cynic, unless I am mistaken; in response to Aristotle. Aristotle made the first serious effort to catalogue and categorize animals.
Edit; oops! Hadn't refreshed.
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July 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM Moved the thread from forum Language, Words, and Concepts to forum Book 5.
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