Diogenes of Sinope

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Cynic philosopher ancient Greek philosopher person

Diogenes of Sinope was an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism, known for his ascetic lifestyle, sharp wit, and public challenges to social conventions.

Observed surface forms (2)

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Alexander and Diogenes 1
Diogenes 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cynic philosopher ⓘ
ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
person ⓘ
anecdote asked Alexander the Great to stand out of his sunlight ⓘ
lived in a pithos (large jar) in Athens ⓘ
threw away his cup after seeing a boy drink with his hands ⓘ
walked with a lantern in daylight claiming to look for an honest man ⓘ
approximateDateOfBirth c. 404 BCE ⓘ
c. 412 BCE ⓘ
approximateDateOfDeath c. 323 BCE ⓘ
birthPlace Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece

Asia Minor ⓘ
Pontus ⓘ
Sinop ⓘ
Sinop ⓘ
surface form: Sinope
coreIdea conventional values such as wealth and status are worthless ⓘ
happiness is achieved through simplicity and self-sufficiency ⓘ
shamelessness can be a philosophical practice ⓘ
social customs should be tested against nature and reason ⓘ
virtue is the only true good ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
influenced Crates of Thebes ⓘ
Menippus ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Stoics

Stoicism ⓘ
Zeno of Citium ⓘ
later Cynics ⓘ
influencedBy Antisthenes ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
knownFor advocating self-sufficiency (autarkeia) ⓘ
carrying a lamp in daylight searching for an honest man ⓘ
encounter with Alexander the Great ⓘ
living according to nature ⓘ
parrhesia (frank speech) ⓘ
rejecting material wealth ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
movement Cynicism ⓘ
notableFor ascetic lifestyle ⓘ
founding Cynic philosophy ⓘ
living in a large storage jar in Athens ⓘ
public criticism of social conventions ⓘ
sharp wit and satire ⓘ
occupation moral teacher ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Cynicism ⓘ
portrayedBy Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
surface form: Diogenes Laërtius
portrayedIn Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
residence Athens ⓘ
Corinth ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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Cynicism → associatedWith → Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
The School of Athens → depicts → Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diogenes
Classical Greek philosophy → hasKeyFigure → Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
Crates of Thebes → hasMentor → Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
Cynicism → hasNotableFigure → Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
Antisthenes → influenced → Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
Crates of Thebes → influencedBy → Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
Hipparchia of Maroneia → influencedBy → Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
Cynic school → notablePhilosopher → Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
Pierre Puget → notableWork → Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexander and Diogenes