Diogenes the Cynic: Sayings and Anecdotes, with Other Popular Moralists by Robin Hard, Diogenes of Sinope

Diogenes the Cynic: Sayings and Anecdotes, with Other Popular Moralists

Robin Hard, Diogenes of Sinope

269 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Diogenes the Cynic is famed for walking the streets with a lamp in daylight, looking for an honest man. His biting wit and eccentric behavior were legendary, and it was by means of his renowned aphorisms that his moral teachings were transmitted. ...

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