Diocles of Cnidus

Diocles of Cnidus (Greek: Διοκλῆς) was a Platonic philosopher, who is mentioned as the author of Διατριβαί (Discussions) from which a fragment is quoted by Eusebius:

Diocles of Cnidos asserts in his Diatribae, that through fear of the followers of Theodorus, and of the sophist Bion, who used to assail the philosophers, and shrank from no means of refuting them, Arcesilaus took precautions, in order to avoid trouble, by never appearing to suggest any dogma, but used to put forward the "suspense of judgement" as a protection, like the black juice which the cuttlefishes throw out.[1]

Notes
  1. Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica 14.6
gollark: And wrong in insidious ways, instead of failing obviously.
gollark: It makes it easier for the foolish humans to write wrong code than higher-level languages. Thus, it is "unsafe".
gollark: Yes, but sometimes I value tasks other than random arithmetic.
gollark: Well, yes, C will do random arithmetic better than me, what's your point?
gollark: I'm not sure why you're comparing humans to programming languages or in what way.

References
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.


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