Diogenes, also known as Diogenes the Cynic or Diogenes of Sinope, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism.
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412 BC - 323 BC
Sinop, Turkey
"Diogenes valued us so little that contact with us could neither disturb nor affect him; he gave up our company, not out of fear but of contempt for our society. He thought us incapable of doing either good or harm."
"And like you as a scout." Diogenes, who before you was sent forth as a scout, has brought us back a different report. He says, "Death is not an evil, since it is not dishonorable" ; he says, "I’ll repute is a noise made by madmen.""
Book & Page: Empictetus pdf 153
#Quotes"Diogenes had practiced speaking—Diogenes, who talked to Alexander as he did, to Philip, to the pirates, to the man who had bought him [Leave such matters] to those who are seriously interested in them, to the brave ; but do you walk away to your own concerns and never depart from them again; go into your corner and sit down, and spin syllogisms and propound them to others : "In thee the State hath found no leader true.""
Book & Page: Empictetus pdf 305
#Quotes#Facts"When the philosopher Diogenes had need of money, he used to say that he asked it back from his friends, not that he asked them for it. And to show how this works out in practice, I will relate a singular example of it."
Book & Page: Michael Montaigne p74
#Facts"Therefore Diogenes, who played the fool to himself, rolling his tub, and turning up his nose at the great Alexander, esteeming us as flies or bladders puffed up with wind, was a sharper and more biting - and consequently, in my opinion"
Book & Page: Michael Montaigne p.135
#Facts"Diogenes valued us so little that contact with us could neither disturb nor affect him; he gave up our company, not out of fear but of contempt for our society. He thought us incapable of doing either good or harm."
Book & Page: Michael Montaigne p.135
#Facts"That is an excellent answer of Diogenes to the man who asked for a letter of recommendation from him : " That you are a man," he says, "he will know at a glance ; but whether you are a good or a bad man he will discover if he has the skill to distinguish between good and bad, and if he is with-out that skill he will not discover the facts, even though I write him thousands of times.""
Book & Page: Michael Montaigne p.77
#Quotes"When asked by Leo, prince of the Phalasians, what science or art he professed, Heraclides of Pontus answered: 'I know neither science nor art, but am a philosopher.' Someone reproached Diogenes for being ignorant yet dabbling in philosophy. "That makes me all the fitter to dabble in it,' he replied"
Book & Page: Michael Montaigne p.180
#Quotes"And like you as a scout." Diogenes, who before you was sent forth as a scout, has brought us back a different report. He says, "Death is not an evil, since it is not dishonorable" ; he says, "I’ll repute is a noise made by madmen.""
Book & Page: Empictetus pdf 153
#Quotes"Diogenes had practiced speaking—Diogenes, who talked to Alexander as he did, to Philip, to the pirates, to the man who had bought him [Leave such matters] to those who are seriously interested in them, to the brave ; but do you walk away to your own concerns and never depart from them again; go into your corner and sit down, and spin syllogisms and propound them to others : "In thee the State hath found no leader true.""
Book & Page: Empictetus pdf 305
#Quotes"That is an excellent answer of Diogenes to the man who asked for a letter of recommendation from him : " That you are a man," he says, "he will know at a glance ; but whether you are a good or a bad man he will discover if he has the skill to distinguish between good and bad, and if he is with-out that skill he will not discover the facts, even though I write him thousands of times.""
Book & Page: Michael Montaigne p.77
#Quotes"When asked by Leo, prince of the Phalasians, what science or art he professed, Heraclides of Pontus answered: 'I know neither science nor art, but am a philosopher.' Someone reproached Diogenes for being ignorant yet dabbling in philosophy. "That makes me all the fitter to dabble in it,' he replied"
Book & Page: Michael Montaigne p.180
#Quotes"Diogenes had practiced speaking—Diogenes, who talked to Alexander as he did, to Philip, to the pirates, to the man who had bought him [Leave such matters] to those who are seriously interested in them, to the brave ; but do you walk away to your own concerns and never depart from them again; go into your corner and sit down, and spin syllogisms and propound them to others : "In thee the State hath found no leader true.""
Book & Page: Empictetus pdf 305
#Facts"When the philosopher Diogenes had need of money, he used to say that he asked it back from his friends, not that he asked them for it. And to show how this works out in practice, I will relate a singular example of it."
Book & Page: Michael Montaigne p74
#Facts"Therefore Diogenes, who played the fool to himself, rolling his tub, and turning up his nose at the great Alexander, esteeming us as flies or bladders puffed up with wind, was a sharper and more biting - and consequently, in my opinion"
Book & Page: Michael Montaigne p.135
#Facts"Diogenes valued us so little that contact with us could neither disturb nor affect him; he gave up our company, not out of fear but of contempt for our society. He thought us incapable of doing either good or harm."
Book & Page: Michael Montaigne p.135
#Facts