Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Figures

    Bion

    historical figure · 7 works · 9 mentions · 9 anchored passages

    Bion of Proconnesus

    spoken of as

    1 expression

    Bion of Proconnesus1 mention

    Stromata (Greek)

    and besides these, Bion of Proconnesus, who also transcribed, abridging them, the things of the ancient Cadmus;
    book 6

    in the texts

    StromataLate Antiquity · Greek

    Philosopher quoted dismissing the mouse-gnawing-bag omen.

    " "And what is there to wonder at," says Bion, "if the mouse gnawed through the bag, finding nothing to eat?
    book 7
    and besides these, Bion of Proconnesus, who also transcribed, abridging them, the things of the ancient Cadmus;
    book 6

    On Tranquillity of MindImperial · Latin

    Greek philosopher, cited for a witty analogy about pain being equal regardless of how much one has to lose.

    Bion neatly remarked that it is no less painful for the bald to have their hair plucked than for the long-haired.
    on tranquillity of mind
    that all human concerns are very like their beginnings, and that men's life is no more sacred or solemn than their conception—that, born from nothing, they fall back into nothing.
    on tranquillity of mind

    Tusculan DisputationsHellenistic · Latin

    Greek philosopher (Bion of Borysthenes) known for satirical wit, cited for a saying mocking excessive mourning.

    on which is that witty saying of Bion, that the most foolish king tore his hair in mourning just as though baldness lightened grief.
    book 3

    ProtrepticusLate Antiquity · Greek

    Philosopher credited with a witty remark questioning how Zeus could grant others fair offspring when his own (the Prayers) were lame and wrinkled.

    so that it seems to me Bion said wittily, how could men justly ask of Zeus fair offspring, which he could not even provide for himself?
    protrepticus

    OrationsImperial · Greek

    Philosopher whose saying about pleasing the multitude is cited and disputed.

    Bion holds it to be impossible to please the multitude, save by becoming a cake or a Thasian wine—foolishly, as it seems to me.
    oration 66

    On BenefitsImperial · Latin

    A philosopher known for sophistical, self-contradicting arguments about sacrilege, whose reasoning Seneca rebuts.

    1 Bion now gathers by arguments that all men are sacrilegious, now that none is.
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    AnabasisClassical · Greek

    Man who arrives with money for the army and helps return Xenophon's horse.

    In fact, on that very day Bion and Nausicleides arrived with money to give to the army and were entertained by Xenophon, and they redeemed his horse, which he had sold at Lampsacus for fifty daries,—for they suspected that he had sold it for want of money, since they heard he was fond of the horse,—gave it back to him, and would not accept from him the price of it.
    chapter 7