Diogenes
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Ms. Kuin claims that Diogenes inspired their efforts: “Epicurus adopted Diogenes’ view that death ‘is nothing to us’ and made it one of the cornerstones of his school of thought.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
From the ancient record it is not clear that Diogenes gave much thought to the subject of death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Vainglorious comments made by Diogenes when he himself was enslaved—captured and sold by pirates—indicate that even then he saw himself more as master than servant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
These stories tell us that Diogenes was chased out of his native Sinope, on the north coast of what’s now Turkey, for his supposed role in a scheme to debase the city’s currency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
“When Diogenes the Cynic heard, in a debate, that there was no such thing as change nor motion, he refuted the charge by walking about the stage during his opponent’s speech, waggling his legs.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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