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Diogenes by Jean Leon Gerome (lemmy.world)
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[-] JonVonBasslake@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Didn't the guy also masturbate publically? And he didn't disrupt Plato's lesson just by eating loudly. He pretty much hated Plato and even brought in a plucked chicken after Plato described man as a hairless or featherless biped, saying something like "Behold, a man" while dangling the chicken in front of Plato. Plato the amended his description of man to include flat feet.

Quite the character, one i'd like to observe from a distance.

[-] NexiusLobster@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

His contemporaries alleged he had held his breath until he expired; although other accounts of his death say he had become ill from eating raw octopus;[44] or to have suffered an infected dog bite.[45] When asked how he wished to be buried, he left instructions to be thrown outside the city wall so wild animals could feast on his body. When asked if he minded this, he said, "Not at all, as long as you provide me with a stick to chase the creatures away!" When asked how he could use the stick since he would lack awareness, he replied: "If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?"[46] To the end, Diogenes made fun of people's excessive concern with the "proper" treatment of the dead.

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