March 2009
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Diogenes and the Diamonds-Water Paradox
Famous for being the only philosopher in recorded history who wasn’t insufferably boring, Diogenes of Sinope used a combination of asceticism, sarcasm, and violence to demonstrate to the citizens of Athens their complete lack of virtue.
Diogenes based his Cynical philosophy on action and common sense, rejecting metaphysical constructs and thought “paradoxes”. According to the...