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Mad Socrates ðĪŠ This is exactly how Plato called Diogenes of Sinope - his opponent and one of the most famous and outrageous sages in the history of mankind! Diogenes was a people's favorite, as he was an ascetic and despised excesses, wealth and fame ðĪ Thanks to this, many legends have been preserved, but we still do not know which of them are fiction and which are reality... Diogenes begins his journey as a counterfeiter. Having received a prediction from the Delphic Pythia that he should "re-evaluate values" - the philosopher misinterprets it and literally begins to counterfeit money. Only years later, expelled from his hometown, he will understand what his true goal is - he is destined to re-evaluate "spiritual values" âĻ In Athens, Diogenes discovers a new teaching - the Cynicism of Antisthenes. The Cynics believed that the best life was not just naturalness, but getting rid of conventions and artificialities, freedom from possession of the unnecessary and useless. Antisthenes claimed that to achieve good one should live "doglike" ð Diogenes was inspired by the ideas of the new teacher and began to implement them, living in a clay pithos (not a barrel, as many believe), the philosopher constantly staged outrageous performances, shocking the inhabitants of Athens! One day, he lit a lantern and walked along the streets of the city. When asked what he was doing, the answer was: "Looking for a human" ð Another time, Diogenes began to give a philosophical lecture in the city square. No one listened to him. Then Diogenes began to squeal like a bird, and a hundred onlookers gathered around. "This, Athenians, is the price of your mind," Diogenes told them. â When I told you smart things, no one paid attention to me, and when I started twittering like a mindless bird, you listen to me with your mouths open" ðą In general, Diogenes of Sinope was a real pain in the ass for decent citizens and rulers. One time he even managed to troll Alexander the Great himself - but you can read about this yourself if you are intere
