biography
pronunciation:
[diyojeneez]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.410–c.320 BC)
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| biography:
| Cynic philosopher, born in Sinope, Pontus. He moved to Athens and became a student of Antisthenes, with whom he founded the Cynic sect. The Cynics preached an austere asceticism and self-sufficiency, and Diogenes became legendary for his ostentatious disregard of domestic comforts and social niceties. His unconventional behaviour (eg looking with a lantern in daylight for an honest man) was intended to portray the ideal of a life lived according to nature. He was said to have lived in a tub (‘like a dog’, the origin of the term Cynic). |
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