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DiogenesandAlexander

Lyingonthebareearth,shoeless,bearded,half-naked,helookedlikeabeggarora

lunatic(神经病,疯子).Hewasone,butnottheother.Hehadopenedhiseyeswiththesunat

dawn(拂晓),scratched,donehisbusinesslikeadogattheroadside,washedatthepublic

andwashedthemdownwithafewhandfulsofwaterscoopedfromthespring.(Longagohehad

ownedaroughwoodencup,buthethrewitawaywhenhesawaboydrinkingoutofhis

hollowedhands.)Havingnoworktogotoandnofamilytoprovidefor,hewasfree.Asthe

marketplacefilledupwithshoppersandmerchantsandslavesandforeigners,hehadstrolled

throughitforanhourortwo.Everybodyknewhim,orknewofhim.Theywouldthrowsharp

questionsathimandgetsharperanswers.Sometimestheythrewbitsoffood,andgotscant

thanks;sometimesamischievouspebble,andgotashowerofstonesandabuse(漫骂).They

werenotquitesurewhetherhewasmadornot.Heknewtheyweremad,eachinadifferentway;

theyamusedhim.Nowhewasbackathishome.

Itwasnotahouse,notevenasquattershut.Hethoughteverybodylivedfartoo

notshameful;wealldothesamething,andneednothidethem.Nooneneedsbedsandchairs

naturedidnotdressusproperly,isonegarmenttokeepuswarm,andsomeshelterfromrain

andwind.Sohehadoneblanket—todresshiminthedaytimeandcoverhimatnight—andhe

sleptinacask.HisnamewasDiogenes.HewasthefounderofthecreedcalledCynicism;he

people,andoccasionallyconvertingoneofthem.

Hishomewasnotabarrelmadeofwood:tooexpensive.Itwasastoragejarmadeof

earthenware,nodoubtdiscardedbecauseabreakhadmadeituseless.Hewasnotthefirstto

inhabitsuchathing,Buthewasthefirstwhoeverdidsobychoice,outofprinciple.

Diogeneswasnotamaniac(疯子).Hewasaphilosopherwhowroteplaysandpoems

andessaysexpounding(解释)hisdoctrine;hetalkedtothosew