Diogenes of Sinope vs. Socrates
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Diogenes of Sinope
399 BCE – 322 BCE
Diogenes the Cynic, also known as Diogenes of Sinope, was an ancient Greek philosopher during the period of Classical Greece, and one of the founders of Cynicism.
"He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused."
Socrates
469 BCE – 398 BCE
Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher from Classical Athens, perhaps the first Western moral philosopher, and a major inspiration on his student Plato, who largely founded the tradition of Western philosophy. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no texts and is known mainly through the posthumous accounts of classical writers, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. These accounts are written as dialogues, in which Socrates and his interlocutors examine a subject in the style of question and answer; they gave rise to the Socratic dialogue literary genre.
"If somebody asks them, Why, what evil does he practice or teach? they do not know, and cannot tell; but in order that they do not appear to be at a loss, they r…"
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