Wednesday, 19 August 2026

“"Diogenes Laertius has preserved for us a greeting that Aristotle…”

Diogenes Laertius has preserved for us a greeting that Aristotle used to give when meeting someone or his students. 


He would say: 'Ὦ φίλοι μου· οὐδεὶς φίλος!'


‘Greetings, my friends, though none of you is truly my friend.'" 


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