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'''Diogenes''' (400-325 B.C.) was a [[Greek]] [[philosopher]] who became the most famous of the [[Cynics]].  In adherence to his philosophy, Diogenes lived in severe poverty.  His teacher was [[Antisthenes]].

'''Diogenes''' (400-325 B.C.) was a [[Greek]] [[philosopher]] who became the most famous of the [[Cynics]].  In adherence to his philosophy, Diogenes lived in severe poverty.  His teacher was [[Antisthenes]].

Diogenes e supposedly carried a lantern by day, not by night, because he said ''he used it to look for an honest man''.

"Diogenes is depicted in art carrying a lantern with which he is said to have vainly hunted by daylight for an honest man."<ref> [http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/people/g/Diogenescynic.htm Diogenes the Cynic Greek Philosopher]</ref>

Note: Another Greek, [[Diogenes Laertius]] (ca. 200-250 AD), wrote perhaps around 240 AD about the life of famous Greek philosophers (''Lives and Maxims of Those who Have Distinguished themselves in Philosophy and the Doctrines of Each Sect'', in ten books).  

Note: Another Greek, [[Diogenes Laertius]] (ca. 200-250 AD), wrote perhaps around 240 AD about the life of famous Greek philosophers (''Lives and Maxims of Those who Have Distinguished themselves in Philosophy and the Doctrines of Each Sect'', in ten books).  

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[[Category:Ancient Greek Philosophers]]

[[Category:Ancient Greek Philosophers]]