Saturday, January 12, 2008

Hey Old Guy


Diogenes of Sinope was an ancient Greek philosopher, who was one of the founders of Cynicism. Called "Socrates gone mad" by Plato, he lived in a wine barrel and promoted ideas of nihilism and animalism. Famously, when he was asked by Alexander the Great what he wanted most in the world, he replied, “For you to get out of my sunlight.” Seriously, though, he was pretty crazy--lots of defecating in public, etc.