Diogenes of Sinope
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Diogenes of Sinope or Diogenes the Cynic (c. 412 BC – 323 BC) was the most famous of the Cynic philosophers of ancient Greece. No writings of his survive, but his sayings are recorded by Diogenes Laërtius and others.
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- Only stand a little out of my sunshine.
- Plutarch "Alexander", from Lives; John Langhorne and William Langhorne (trans.) Plutarch's Lives (New York: Harper, 1859) p. 469.
- Having been asked by Alexander the Great whether he wished for any favour.
- The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
- Herakleitos and Diogenes, fragment 20, pt. 2, trans. by Guy Davenport (1976)
[edit] Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
- Quotations are taken from Book 6 of Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius as translated by R. D. Hicks (1970-72) vol. 2, to which the page-numbers also refer.
- Here is Plato's man.
- Producing a plucked chicken in response to Plato's definition of a man: "A featherless biped.", p. 43
- If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.
- On the proper time for having lunch, p. 43
- I am looking for a man.
- When asked why he was carrying a lamp in full daylight. Also translated as "I am looking for an honest man.", p. 43
- That for which other people pay.
- On being asked what wine he found pleasant to drink, p. 57
- I am a citizen of the world.
- On being asked where he came from, p. 65
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- A Socrates gone mad.
- Plato, in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius as translated by R. D. Hicks (1970-72) Vol. 2, p. 55.
- If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes.
- Alexander the Great, in Plutarch's Lives, as translated by John Langhorne and William Langhorne (1859), p. 469.
