Diogenes The Cynic
The War Against The World
by Luis E. Navia · first published 2005
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Two excellent books on Diogenes and other Cynics; 1) Diogenes the Cynic: Sayings and Anecdotes translated by Robin Hard. 2) The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian translated by Robert Dobbin.
on “How to Swim Against the Stream: On Diogenes” ↗…("Island in the Sea of Time", et al.), and H. Beam Piper's novel Kalvan of Otherwhen Non-fiction: - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Hume) - the surviving words and works of Epicurus, and Diogenes the Cynic - Freakonomics (Levitt, Dubner) - The Gay Science (Nietzsche) - The Jefferson Bible (Christ, Jefferson (ed.)) - The Devil's Dictionary (Bierce) - Brain Droppings (George Carlin) - anything by P.…
on “Ask YC: favorite books” ↗…(not saying they don't exist, but none are coming to mind). > He believed that the powerless man should accept his place below the powerful man. Maybe, but so did everyone else. Although, we do have Diogenes the Cynic, who heavily inspired the founding of Stoicism. Diogenes... The stories about him are quite intense. Feel free to look them up. In short, he mocked social conventions, wealth, and so-called "power". >…
on “Self-help gets philosophical” ↗