DIOGENES

An early exemplar of the Cynic way of life. Perhaps best known for living in a barrel and wandering the streets of Athens holding a lantern and saying he was looking for an honest man. His ascetic and itinerant life-style was a moral challenge to contemporary life. Some New Testament scholars have suggested a parallel between the Cynic tradition and that of Jesus of Nazareth.

 Life

• Introduction to Diogenes and his thought

• Brief account of Diogenes and his thought

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Diogenes

• Dio Chrysostom on Diogenes
• Life of Diogenes from 'Lives of Eminent Philosophers' by Diogenes Laertius

Writings

• Diogenes quotes