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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
I thought Diogenes was looking for an honest man, not a rational one lol.
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In the source Greek, from long after Diogenes time, it’s simply “man”, but with both subtexts of rationality and honesty (which at that time were oft tied together with the different implications of a different language; one cannot be honest if one is not rational). It’s reprinted in English both ways, as honest man and reasonable man depending on the book.