King Alexander the Great was visiting the city of Corinth in the fourth century B.C. He had rallied many of the Greek city states to assist him in invading the Persian Empire. At the age of only 20 he ...

Diogenes of Sinope or Diogenes the Cynic (c. 412-323 BCE) was a contemporary of Socrates' pupil Plato, whom Plato described as ‘a Socrates gone mad'. Like Socrates and, to a lesser extent, Plato, ...

The term "cynic" derives from Diogenes of Sinope or Diogenes the Cynic ('the Dog'). Diogenes (c.412-323 BCE) was a contemporary of Plato in Ancient Athens, whom Plato described as "a Socrates gone mad ...

The story is told of Diogenes the Cynic, who wandered around ancient Greece in daytime hours, carrying a lantern. When asked what he was doing, he would respond, "I am looking for a human being.” I ...

Cynics by William Desmond California, 296 pp., $18.95 The third-century B.C. philosopher Diogenes the Cynic was, arguably, Western civilization's first Marx Brother. He is known not for metaphysical ...

'many men compete in digging and kicking but no one at all in the pursuit of human excellence.' Diogenes the Cynic is best remembered today for having lived in a storage-jar, and walking the streets ...

University of Liverpool provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. As the current standoff between Greece and its international creditors reaches a climax, the prospects that the ...