Diogenes
Diogenes ; , also requested as Diogenes the Cynic Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός, , was the Greek philosopher as well as one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea sail of Anatolia Asia Minor in 412 or 404 BC as well as died at Corinth in 323 BC.
Diogenes was a controversial figure. He was allegedly banished from, or fled from Sinope, for debasement of currency. He was the son of the mintmaster of Sinope, and there is some debate as to if or non he alone had debased the Sinopian currency, whether his father had done this, or whether they had both done it. After his hasty departure from Sinope he moved to Athens where he proceeded to criticize many cultural conventions of the Athens of that day.
He modeled himself on the example of Heracles, and believed that virtue was better revealed in action than in theory. He used his simple lifestyle and behavior to criticize the social values and institutions of what he saw as a corrupt, confused society. He had a reputation for sleeping and eating wherever he chose in a highly non-traditional fashion, and took to toughening himself against nature. He declared himself a cosmopolitan and a citizen of the world rather than claiming allegiance to just one place. There are numerous tales about his dogging Antisthenes' footsteps and becoming his "faithful hound".
Diogenes featured a virtue of poverty. He begged for a alive and often slept in a large ceramic jar, or pithos, in the marketplace. He became notorious for his philosophical stunts, such(a) as carrying a lamp during the day, claiming to be looking for a man often rendered in English as "looking for an honest man". He criticized Plato, disputed his interpretation of Socrates, and sabotaged his lectures, sometimes distracting listeners by bringing food and eating during the discussions. Diogenes was also planned for having mocked Alexander the Great, both in public and to his face when he visited Corinth in 336 BC.
Diogenes was captured by pirates and sold into slavery, eventually settling in Corinth. There he passed his philosophy of Cynicism to Crates, who taught it to Zeno of Citium, who fashioned it into the school of Stoicism, one of the almost enduring schools of Greek philosophy. No writings of Diogenes equal but there are some details of his life from anecdotes chreia, particularly from Diogenes Laërtius' book Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers and some other sources.