Diogenes : a writer in The Statesman. The original Diogenes (c.412-323 BC), a Greek philosopher, was considered the originator & archetype of the Cynics – a sect that stressed the austerity of stoic self-sufficiency & dramatically discarded all social conventions, taking up his abode in a tub. He is said to have thrown away his last utensil, a cup, when he saw a peasant drink from his hands.
... and he hoped that Diogenes of Sinope, 1 who was at that time living in Corinth, would do the same. However since he paid no attention whatever to Alexander, but continued to live at leisure in the suburb of Corinth which was known as Craneion, Alexander went in person to see him and found him basking at full length in the sun. When he saw so many people approaching him, Diogenes raised himself a little... and mocking the philosopher as they went away, "You may say what you like, but if I were not Alexander, I would I Diogenes." (...) As for the size of his army, the lowest estimate puts its strengh at 30,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry3 and the highest ____________ 1 Diogenes of Synope was a Greek philosopher. He belonged to the Cynic philosophical school that stressed stoic self-sufficiency... iency and the rejection of luxury. It was by personal example rather than any coherent system of thought that Diogenes demonstrated the Cynic philosophy. 2 Condescension: the act or an instance of behaving in a superior manner 3 Modern estimates give totals of about 43,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry about one quarter of these were the advance guard, which had already crossed to Asia. The cavalry ...
... After his enlightenment, it is said, Diogenes travelled throughout Greece, almost naked and without provisions; enjoying the sun, the warm weather, the beaches, and so gathered about him thousands of pilgrims who listened to his talks, pregnant with sarcastic remarks about society. Even Alexander the Great, en route to Asian campaigns once went to him. Diogenes advised him to renounce conquest; however... Cynicism was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes, who was inspired by the Socratic doctrine of knowledge is virtue. His students were Diogenes of Sinope, Crates of Thebes, and Zeno of Citium, who, inspired by the teachings of Socrates, was led to Crates of Thebes, who became his teacher, and later went on to develop the school of Stoics... influential democrat why hated the Sophists and regarded Socrates as one of them. He also blames Socrates for influencing his son to rebel against him. 40. Symposium by Plato 41. Socrates' by Diogenes Laertius 42. Vedic Rishis were seekers of true knowledge, which they attained through the practice of Yoga, a science and art of psychological concentration and perfection. They described their ...
... it takes to be contented. Alexander the Great, conqueror of half the known world, found the world too small. Diogenes, his contemporary and an ascetic philosopher, lived in a bath-tub and found it enough. Alexander once went to visit Diogenes. He stood in front of the tub and asked Diogenes if he needed anything. The old man replied from the tub, “Just get out of the way, let the sun fall on me — nothing ...
... and he hoped that Diogenes of Sinope, who was at that time living in Corinth, would do the same. However since he paid no attention whatever to Alexander, but continued to live at leisure in the suburb of Corinth which was known as Craneion, Alexander went in person to see him and found him basking at full length in the sun. When he saw so many people approaching him, Diogenes raised himself a little... such condescension. So much so that he remarked to his followers, who were laughing and mocking the philosopher as they went away, "You may say what you like, but if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes." Next he visited Delphi, because he wished to consult the oracle of Apollo 7 about the expedition against the Persians. It so happened that he arrived on one of those days which are called ...
... centuries, our eyes are yet thirsty to see the Man.) He also referred to the Greek thinker, Diogenes, who was moving about with a lantern in his hand in broad day-light, and when asked about his strange behaviour, he said that he was in search of a real man. Dr. Kashyap commented that what Diogenes had said in his days is true even in our own times. On the subject of value, he said that values... the proceedings which were very stimulating, he wondered why the educational situation has deteriorated particularly over the past 50 years. He referred to the great thinkers like Socrates, Plato, Diogenes, Rousseau, Bernard Shaw, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore and Sri Aurobindo. He said that in spite of the great agreement among these thinkers, he wondered why their great ideas had not got ...
... Bande Mataram under the Editorship of Sri Aurobindo 24.Oct.1906 - 27.May.1907 Bande Mataram By the Way 30-August-1906 Diogenes in the Statesman indulges himself in a paragraph of grave advice to the "self-constituted" leaders of the Indian labour movement. For a philosopher, our friend takes singularly little trouble to understand the opponents' case... Railway Union, have vindicated their claim to be the national leaders of Labour. At any rate their constituents have very enthusiastically ratified their "self-constituted" authority. But perhaps Diogenes has been converted from cynicism to Vedanta, and sees no difference between the self of the railway employees and the self of Mr. A. K. Ghose. Still, the tub from which he holds forth is a small one ...
... Part I: Letters of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Champaklal's Treasures - Edition-II The Teacher of Alexander Diogenes was not the teacher of Alexander. They only met once. The teacher of Alexander was the philosopher Aristotle. Sri Aurobindo ...
... at the Darshan. SRI AUROBINDO: There are two or three poems in connection with that mood. I have read Desai's account of Vinoba. He has combined Buddha and Plato in him. He could have added Diogenes too. It seems Vinoba doesn't like literature. Only history and philosophy interest him. PURANI: Yes, I told you he is proud of not having read Shakuntala. SRI AUROBINDO: Not only Shakuntala ...
... "A man is a biped animal." But presently they came across a chicken. And they amended their definition to the new form: "A man is a feather less biped." But their problem did not end there. For Diogenes plucked off the feathers of a chicken and threw it over the wall into the Academy, shouting at the same time, "Here is a man according to your definition." Of course, it was not a man. The definiens ...
... with paradoxical felicity how the keenly felt divine presence within is able to manifest its glory despite the faults and frailties of human nature: we are reminded of Plato's famous rejoinder to Diogenes — "Your pride peeps out through the holes of your raggedness", but here it is the high and rare splendour of the spirit taking by surprise the poor surface self: not only the so-called beautiful but ...
... History. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Hourdin, Georges. Une civilisation des loisirs. Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1961. Jouvenel, Bertrand de. "Le mieux-vivre dans la société riche" in Diogene, No. 33, jan-mars 1961. Marx, Karl, and Engels, Friedrich. The Communist Manifesto. 1848. Muresanu, C. L'education de ['adolescent par la composition libre. Neuchâtel and Paris: Delachaux ...
... des progrès de l'esprit humain. introduction. Périod I. 4. Heilbronner, The future as History, p. 24. 5. The Communist Manifesto. 6. " Le mieux-vivre dans la societe riche”, Diogene, No. 33, jan.-mars 1961. 7. The problem of the right use of wealth and leisure has begun to seriously engage the attention of economists and sociologists. The reader is referred to John Kenneth... MCW vol. 8, p. 354. 9. Ibid. 10. Heilbronner, The Future as History. See also chapter II of the first section of this book. 11. "Le mieux-vivre dans la société riche", in Diogene, No. 33, jan-mars 1961. 12. The author, pp. 18-19 of this book. 13. Heilbronner, The Future as History, pp. 18-19. 14. Sri Aurobindo, SABCL vol. 18, pp. 3-4. 15. See the ...
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