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he did not live in a barrel, it was a large ceramic jar (pithos)
— Oct 15, 2025 05:57PM
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Diogenes the cynic
- cynicism father of stoicism
-modern philosophers merely spit conjecture while ancients lived their philosophy, while Socrates embodies wisdom, Diogenes embodies cynicism
-exiled from Sinope for defacing currency (w/ father who was a banker), lived in Athens and Corinth, enslaved by pirates , lived as a free man
- unknown timeline exactly
- met Alexander the Great
- hated cities and wealth
— Oct 15, 2025 12:10PM
- cynicism father of stoicism
-modern philosophers merely spit conjecture while ancients lived their philosophy, while Socrates embodies wisdom, Diogenes embodies cynicism
-exiled from Sinope for defacing currency (w/ father who was a banker), lived in Athens and Corinth, enslaved by pirates , lived as a free man
- unknown timeline exactly
- met Alexander the Great
- hated cities and wealth
