No writings of Diogenes survive, but there are some details of his life from anecdotes ( chreia), especially from Diogenes Laërtius' book Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers and some other sources. There he passed his philosophy of Cynicism to Crates, who taught it to Zeno of Citium, who fashioned it into the school of Stoicism, one of the most enduring schools of Greek philosophy. Diogenes was captured by pirates and sold into slavery, eventually settling in Corinth. There are many tales about him following Antisthenes and becoming his "faithful hound". After his hasty departure from Sinope he moved to Athens where he proceeded to criticize many conventions of Athens of that day. He was the son of the mintmaster of Sinope, and there is some debate as to whether or not he alone had debased the Sinopian currency, whether his father had done this, or whether they had both done it. He was banished, or fled from, Sinope over debasement of currency. He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea coast of Anatolia (now Türkiye) in 412 or 404 BC and died at Corinth in 323 BC.
"I am looking for an honest man." Diogenes holding.Diogenes ( / d aɪ ˈ ɒ dʒ ɪ n iː z/ dy- OJ-in-eez Ancient Greek: Διογένης, romanized: Diogénēs ), also known as Diogenes the Cynic ( Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός, Diogénēs ho Kynikós) or Diogenes of Sinope, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism.A critique-analysis of 30 Time Magazine covers.Legacy of Abraham Lincoln - A Reflection.Have you tasted "Acid Fruit" ? (San Vicente Botani.When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.ġ0. I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.ĩ. As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.Ĩ. The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.ħ.
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.Ħ. I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.ĥ. Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.Ĥ. I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.ģ.
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music. Here he lives in a discarded jar, holding the proverbial lamp that made him famous. Pictures from Wikipedia.ġ. (Wikipedia)ĭiogenes preferred to live a simple life and had no permanent home, but in public places. Diogenes explained, "I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave. Alexander then declared, "If I were not Alexander, then I should wish to be Diogenes.", to which Diogenes replied "If I were not Diogenes, I should also wish to be Diogenes." In another account of the conversation, Alexander found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes replied, "Yes, stand out of my sunlight". W hile Diogenes was relaxing in the sunlight in the morning, Alexander, thrilled to meet the famous philosopher, asked if there was any favor he might do for him. It was in Corinth that a meeting between Alexander the Great and Diogenes is supposed to have taken place.
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