if i were not alexander then i should wish to be diogenes

“Both the Cynics and these early saints used extreme, public self-denial as a weapon to expose the emptiness of worldly success”

“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”

“for the Cynics, it was about being true to nature by rejecting the artificial desires of the world”

“authentic, honest human being”

“authentic life”

“radical rejection of social status in favor of raw, unvarnished truth”

“freedom required a radical "unlearning" of culture”

“enslaves us through our desires”

“The Burden of Desire”

“Cynicism”

“Is it possible to be as free as Diogenes while still participating in modern society, or does freedom require total withdrawal?”