Philosopher · Classical antiquity · Turkey
Diogenes of Sinope
c. 404–323 BC
Greek Cynic born at Sinope on the Black Sea coast of modern Turkey who lived in deliberate poverty at Athens and Corinth. He owned a cloak, a staff, and a tub to sleep in. He lived about 404 to 323 BC and wrote nothing that survives.
Facts
- Born
- About 404 BC, Sinope, on the Black Sea coast of what is now Turkey.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Diogenes
- Died
- 323 BC, Corinth, Greece, in the same year as Alexander the Great.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Diogenes
- School
- Cynicism, the practice of shamelessness and self sufficiency.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Diogenes
- Known for
- Living in a tub, carrying a lantern in daylight looking for an honest man, and telling Alexander to stand out of his sunlight. The stories are later, not records.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Diogenes
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