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Diogenes also believed in rejecting social conventions. For example, he supposedly carried a lantern by day, not by night, because he said "he used it to look for an honest man."
Diogenes also believed in rejecting social conventions. For example, he supposedly carried a lantern by day, not by night, because he said "he used it to look for an honest man."
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''In later art, Diogenes is often depicted in a torn cloak, with a dog, carrying a lantern.'' [http://www.artmagick.com/pictures/picture.aspx?id=5600&name=diogenes]
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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).