He was a homeless man who shit in people’s lawns lol. I know a couple stories, he’s a huge troll.
Plato was teaching a class, where they defined human as “hairless and bi-pedal”. So Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it to class and said “Behold!! A man!”.
Diogenes was washing some vegetables in a river (naked of course) and Plato approached him and said “Diogenes, if only you could pay taxes to the king, you wouldn’t have to wash your food in a river.” And Diogenes replied “Plato, if only you could wash food in a river, you wouldn’t have to pay taxes to the king.”
Diogenes was sun bathing on a beach (naked) when Alexander the Great approached him. Being a fan he told Diogenes (who was still laying naked in the sand) that he wanted to give Diogenes a gift. Anything within Alexander’s power to give, just ask. So Diogenes asked “Could you take a few steps to the side? You’re blocking the sun.”
you missed out on the best part of the Alexander The Great one (which is in only in a few of the many versions of the story iirc):
After Alexander the Great is told to move to the side, he was so amused and surprised that not only he did, he said “If I wasn’t Alexander, I would like to be Diogenes” to which Diogenes replied: “If I wasn’t Diogenes, I would also like to be Diogenes.”
He was a homeless man who shit in people’s lawns lol. I know a couple stories, he’s a huge troll.
I have no sources just things I’ve heard lol
you missed out on the best part of the Alexander The Great one (which is in only in a few of the many versions of the story iirc):
After Alexander the Great is told to move to the side, he was so amused and surprised that not only he did, he said “If I wasn’t Alexander, I would like to be Diogenes” to which Diogenes replied: “If I wasn’t Diogenes, I would also like to be Diogenes.”
:)
I thought everyone washes vegetables naked.
Depends on what they’re being washed for, I guess.