About 30 results for ‘Diogenes of Sinope’
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Diogenes of Sinope
Diogenes the Cynic was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. Also known as Diogenes of Sinope (Greek: Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς, Diogenēs ho Sinōpeus), he was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea, in 412 or 404 BCE and died at Corinth in 323 BCE. Diogenes of Sinope was a controversial figure. His father minted coins for a living and when Diogenes took to "defacement of the currency", he was banished from the city. After being exiled, he moved to Athens to debunk cultural conventions. Diogenes modelled himself on the example of Hercules. He believed that virtue was better revealed in action than in theory. He used his lifestyle and behaviour to criticise the social values and institutions of what he saw as a corrupt society. He declared himself a cosmopolitan. There are many tales about him dogging Antisthenes' footsteps and becoming his faithful hound, but it is by no means certain that the two men ever met. Diogenes made a virtue of poverty. He begged for a living and slept in a tub in the marketplace. He became notorious for his philosophical stunts such as carrying a lamp in the daytime, claiming to be looking for an honest man. He publicly mocked Alexander and lived. He embarrassed Plato, disputed his interpretation of Socrates and sabotaged his lectures. After being captured by pirates and sold into slavery, Diogenes eventually settled in Corinth. There he passed his philosophy of Cynicism to Crates, who taught it to Zeno of Citium, who fashioned it into the school of Stoicism, one of the most enduring schools of Greek philosophy. None of Diogenes’ many writings have survived, but details of his life come in the form of anecdotes, especially from Diogenes Laërtius, in his book Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers. All we have is a number of anecdotes concerning his life and sayings attributed to him in a number of scattered classical sources, none of them definitive.
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DIOGENE (?)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Man
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- Date:
- 16th century
- 17th century
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DIOGENE BRISANT SON ECUELLE
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Drink
- Individual
- Man
- Poverty
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Nicolas Poussin
DIOGENE JETANT SON ECUELLE
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ancient Greece
- Child
- City
- Deciduous
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Drink
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Raphael
L'ECOLE D'ATHENES
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aeschines
- Alcibiades
- Aristotle
- Averroes
- Compass (drafting)
- Diogenes of Sinope
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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LA COMEDIE HUMAINE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Mind
- Puppetry
- Satire
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- Date:
- 19th century
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DIOGENE DEMANDANT L'AUMONE AUX STATUES
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Nudity
- Statue
- Swagger stick
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Diogène cherchant l'homme
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Man
- Nudity
- Philosophy
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Diogène à la lanterne
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Diogenes of Sinope
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Démocrite et Diogène
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ancient Greece
- Democritus
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Man
- Tree
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Giacinto Gimignani
Diogène et Alexandre
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Meeting
- Old age
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Alexandre et Diogène
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Meeting
- Old age
- Sitting
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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Alexandre et Diogène
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Meeting
- Old age
- Sitting
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Firmin Gillot
DIOGENE / LES DEPUTES DE LA SEINE (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Barrel
- Boat
- Caricature
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Diogène et Alexandre
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Meeting
- Old age
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- Date:
- 16th century
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Diogène et Alexandre
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Meeting
- Old age
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- Date:
- 16th century
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Alexandre et Diogène
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Meeting
- Old age
- Sitting
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Entrevue d'Alexandre et de Diogène
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Meeting
- Old age
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Guillaume Courtois
Alexandre et Diogène
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Meeting
- Old age
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Diogène cherchant un homme
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Man
- Woman
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Raphael
L'Ecole d'Athènes
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aeschines
- Alcibiades
- Apollo
- Aristotle
- Aristoxenus
- Athena
- …
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Raphael
L'école d'Athènes
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aeschines
- Alcibiades
- Apollo
- Aristotle
- Aristoxenus
- Athena
- …
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- Date:
- 15th century
- 16th century
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Diogène demandant l'aumone aux statues
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Nudity
- Statue
- Swagger stick
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Diogène et Alexandre
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Meeting
- Old age
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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Scènes mythologique (titre factice)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Barrel
- Combat
- Death
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Man
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Alexandre et Diogène
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Architecture
- Barrel
- Book
- Child
- Diogenes of Sinope
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Raphael
L'Ecole d'Athènes
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aeschines
- Alcibiades
- Apollo
- Aristotle
- Aristoxenus
- Athena
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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