DIOGENES OF SINOPE
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Historical description of the Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope.
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20130127140609/http://www.benbest.com:80/philo/diogenes.html by Ben Best I have long been inspired by the apocryphal story that "Diogenes of Sinope" went about ancient Greece vainly searching for an honest man. But I have no interest in being his apologist. Since there is no authenticated historical documentation about him I will relate some of the tradition about his life more from the point of view of intrinsic interest than from concern for historical accuracy. A major source of information is the third century (AD) Roman doxographer…
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