Diogenes
412-320 BCE 92 years
aka: Diogenes of Sinope, Diogenes the Cynic
Greek: Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς
412-320 BCE 92 years
aka: Diogenes of Sinope, Diogenes the Cynic
Greek: Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς
Greek sage, ascetic, cynic.
lived alone, naked, with only a begging bowl and a
dog.
declared himself to be a "citizen of the cosmos".
lived in an earthen tub, sometimes walked with a lamp
in the daytime, "looking for one honest man".
sold as a slave in Crete, telling the buyer that he
would accept only under the condition that D. would
be the "master".
met Alexander the Great, telling him "not to block my
sunlight".
not to be confused with another Greek Diogenes,
Diogenes Laertius, who lived about 500 years later,
and was a biographer of Greek philosophers.
lived alone, naked, with only a begging bowl and a
dog.
declared himself to be a "citizen of the cosmos".
lived in an earthen tub, sometimes walked with a lamp
in the daytime, "looking for one honest man".
sold as a slave in Crete, telling the buyer that he
would accept only under the condition that D. would
be the "master".
met Alexander the Great, telling him "not to block my
sunlight".
not to be confused with another Greek Diogenes,
Diogenes Laertius, who lived about 500 years later,
and was a biographer of Greek philosophers.
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