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Diogenes (c. 412-323 BC) was a Ascetic Greek philosopher of the Cynic school. Short Biography:
He believed in freedom and self-sufficiency for the individual, and did not believe in social mores.
He was born at Sinope, captured by pirates and sold as a slave to a Corinthian named Xeniades, who appointed Diogenes tutor to his two sons. He spent the rest of his life in Corinth. He is said to have carried a lamp during the daytime, looking for one honest man.
The story of his having lived in a barrel arose only from Seneca having said that was where a man so crabbed ought to have lived. His writings do not survive.
Why is Diogenes famous?
Diogenes the founder of Cynic philosophy.
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