He was one of the founders and the archetypical practitioner of the ancient greek philosophical school of cynicism. Diogenes laercio obra reproducida sin responsabilidad editorial. Diogenes was a native of sinope, the son of tresius, a moneychanger. His father minted coins for a living, and diogenes was banished from sinope when he took to debasement of currency. He released it into one of the classrooms, saying, behold platos human being. After being exiled, he moved to athens and criticized many cultural conventions of the city. Plato was then forced to add with broad, flat, nails to his definition. But eubulides in his book on diogenes says that diogenes himself did this and was forced. Diogenes was a native of sinope, son of hicesius, a banker. Books by diogenes of sinope author of diogenes the cynic. The most extensive account is from diogenes laertes, writing almost 500 years after diogenes lived. He was born in sinope, an ionian colony on the black sea, in 412 or 404 bc and died at corinth in. Diogenes of sinope, cynics, philosophy, language, concept, abstraction.
He lived as a beggar in the streets of athens and made a virtue of extreme poverty. Diocles relates that he went into exile because his father was entrusted with the money of the state and adulterated the coin. Diogenes of sinope quotes author of diogenes the cynic. Diogenes of sinope by individual philosopher philosophy. The following is the life of diogenes from laertius work.
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