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/d͡ʒɪmˈnɒsəfɪst/ · noun
One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic..
As that gymnosophist in Plutarch made answer to Alexander (demanding which spake best), Every one of his fellows did speak better than the other: so may I say of these causes […].
I was speaking today with an unclothed Hindu religious, a parama-hamsa, on the steps of a Portuguese church, a true gymnosophist.
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Gymnosophist means One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic..
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As that gymnosophist in Plutarch made answer to Alexander (demanding which spake best), Every one of his fellows did speak better than the other: so may I say of these causes […].
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