The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes The Cynic

I've always had a soft spot for outcasts and true individualists. I was drawn early in life to writer/philosopher EM Cioran, the vagabond-writer Gorky and of course, Hermann Hesse (who isn't?). Diogenes comes across as one of the first modern sociologist who attempts to invert norms in societies by......more

An impressively readable scholarly treatment This is a brief but rather extensive biography of Diogenes Of Sinope. Given how fragmentary or apocryphal most of the sources on Diogenes are outside of Diogenes Laërtius, Roubineau creates a very readable narrative that also deals with the most likely tr......more

This is a translation of a French book about the life and philosophy of Diogenes the Cynic. It's a thin volume, as there is much that's unknown about the life of Diogenes, and the dearth of surviving texts means that some of what is believed about Diogenes and Cynic philosophy maybe corrupted by the......more

Resources on Diogenes of Sinope are limited. This new book provides a quick summary of Diogenes' life. Much of the useful content comes from the author's triangulation of sources to separate reasonable attributions from the rumors, exaggerations, and misinformation recorded well after Diogenes' deat......more

This is a fantastic little trot through the highly idiosyncratic life of the quintessential Cynic. It is hard not to love such an obstinate figure, whose lack of respect and decorum is repaid by his self-abasement and equitability. I really hope that of the many rumours surrounding his death, the on......more