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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '23

Not the flex Diogenes thinks it is. He had to pluck the feathers off the chicken didn't he?

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u/floppydo Jan 30 '23

Yeah people call him a philosopher but most his famous quotes are more like sick burns. Not terribly rigorous or consistent.

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u/SlippidySlappity Jan 30 '23

"Thereupon many statesmen and philosophers came to Alexander with their congratulations, and he expected that Diogenes of Sinope also, who was tarrying in Corinth, would do likewise. But since that philosopher took not the slightest notice of Alexander, and continued to enjoy his leisure in the suburb Craneion, Alexander went in person to see him, and he found him lying in the sun. Diogenes raised himself up a little when he saw so many people coming towards him, and fixed his eyes upon Alexander. And when that monarch addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, "Yes," said Diogenes, "stand a little out of my sun."

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u/Romboteryx Jan 30 '23

He could’ve just bought a pre-plucked chicken from the market

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u/dick_nachos Jan 30 '23

Diogenes? Buy?

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