person
Diogenes of Sinope
Diogenes
also: Diogenes the Cynic
The Cynic philosopher (c. 412–323 BC), famed for his ostentatious poverty and self-sufficiency; Seneca's type of the man richer than Alexander because there was more he refused than the king could give.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §5.4.3 Diogenes
Diogenes of Sinope, the Cynic, who walked naked through the Macedonians' treasures, treading the king's riches underfoot — richer than Alexander in what he refused.
- On Tranquility of Mind §8.4 Diogenes
Diogenes of Sinope (c. 412--323 BC), the Cynic, who by owning nothing made himself proof against fortune --- here the type of true wealth.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §3.29.1 Diogenes
Diogenes of Sinope (c. 412-323 BC), founder of the Cynic way of life, famous for rebuking everyone he met with blunt, indiscriminate frankness, the very practice Seneca here questions.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §14.90.14 Diogenes
Diogenes of Sinope (c. 412–323 BC), the Cynic who lived in a storage-jar and threw away his cup on seeing a boy drink from his hands; emblem of self-sufficiency.