{"id":15001,"date":"2022-10-16T22:37:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T02:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=15001"},"modified":"2024-09-16T19:04:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T23:04:08","slug":"quotes-from-diogenes-the-cynic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=15001","title":{"rendered":"Quotes from Diogenes the Cynic \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Diogenes, also known as Diogenes the Cynic or Diogenes of Sinope, is a controversial Greek philosopher from 404-323 BC. He is one of the founders of cynic philosophy who questioned many of the cultural conventions of Athens.<\/p>\n<p>Diogenes is best known for holding a lantern to the faces of the citizens of Athens claiming he was searching for an honest man. He rejected the concept of &#8220;manners&#8221; as a lie and advocated complete truthfulness at all times.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He has the most who is most content with the least.<\/li>\n<li>It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.<\/li>\n<li>We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.<\/li>\n<li>I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.<\/li>\n<li>I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.<\/li>\n<li>As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.<\/li>\n<li>Of what use is a philosopher who doesn&#8217;t hurt anybody&#8217;s feelings?<\/li>\n<li>Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.<\/li>\n<li>The mob is the mother of tyrants.<\/li>\n<li>The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.<\/li>\n<li>The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.<\/li>\n<li>It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.<\/li>\n<li>I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diogenes, also known as Diogenes the Cynic or Diogenes of Sinope, is a controversial Greek philosopher from 404-323 BC. He is one of the founders of cynic philosophy who questioned many of the cultural conventions of Athens. Diogenes is best known for holding a lantern to the faces of the citizens of Athens claiming he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[73,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15001"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16169,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15001\/revisions\/16169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}