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I pity this guy. Honestly. He's so detached from reality, and I mean that in the general sense - encompassing everything. He's lacking in spirit, passion, intelligence...

While Heraclitus' social alienation was endearing and empowering, Diogenes' was largely self imposed due to his mendicancy and generally being a total asshole to everyone. He's the philosophical equivalent to the bag lady, the crazy homeless person who shouts nonsense and has no hope for anything. And at times, he comes off like a child. Again, not in the charming scoundrel way, but rather like an insecure Thrasymachus, on the verge of a temper tantrum. Early in Corinth, he talks about how he'll speak about the elderly stage of dog-like virtue once he reaches it. Fitting he dies from holding his breath too long, given that he'd expelled more than his fair share of hot air during his mad ramblings.

Diogenes is the saddest example of hubris and delusional Cynicism outside of fictional literature. Meletus had a warmer soul.

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Butler: Diogenes
Topic: Religion and Theology