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You Are Blocking the Sunlight 1.Cynicism 2.Background 3.Diogenes 4.Comparison 5.Conclusion 6.About us Founded by Antithenes (444-370BC), a pupil of Socrates Motto : follow a way of life in harmony with nature and to reject all unnecessary civilized luxuries Cynicism Time: in the fourth century BC Who is who ? Plato Background Aristotle Diogenes Socrates Plato Aristotle Antithenes Diogenes Comments on Socrates It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are different opinions, it is because they only know their own side of the question. Quotation of Plato A wise man speaks because he has something to say; A fool because he has to say something. Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Quotation of Aristotle Quotation of Antithenes While there are many gods of popular belief, there is one god in nature, so depriving divinity of all meaning or substance. Diogenes Dog How many people want to be a “dog”? There was one--- Diogenes Generally referred to as “Diogenes the Cynic” Born in404 BC ,died in 323 BC, in a ripe old age of 96 Wanted his remains thrown into a ditch with dust sprinkled, but by a magnificent funeral at Corinth. A marble figure of a dog was placed on a high column on his tomb ----Had I not been Alexander, I should have liked to be Diogenes. Diogenes Alexander Who is Alexander? Diogenes Alexander Why say so? It’s simple. Diogenes has nothing but freedom, Alexander has everything and everyone’s freedom but Diogenes’s. Comparison Cynicism Weijin Relique vs An ostentatious contempt for ease, wealth and the enjoyments Doubt in the sincerity or goodness of human motives and actions Ex