And the time this dialogue took place during that same meeting…
In another account of the conversation, Alexander found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained, “I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave.”
Nougat@fedia.io 6 months ago
Fucking savage.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Alexander the Great was captured by pirates too. He forced them to increase his ransom because he was insulted that it was so small, and spent much of his time forcing them to listen to the poetry he wrote. Which is also hilarious IMO.
Nougat@fedia.io 6 months ago
Nope, that was Julius Caesar. Who also told the pirates that he would return and crucify every one of them. After his release, he assembled a posse, went to the city he'd been captured in - where the dumb pirates had returned to - captured them all and turned them over to authorities.
When the authorities were not taking swift enough action, Caesar demanded the pirates be remanded to his custody, and because of his sociopolitical clout, they were - and summarily crucified.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
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SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ave, true to Caesar.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Oh. I always get those two mixed up.
Still hilarious
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Greek philosophers had no chill apparently
Gigan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Goddamn. Is there a list of Diogenes quotes? I’ve heard a couple but this one was new to me.
gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 6 months ago
My favorite is when he got caught masturbating in public and responded with “If only it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly.” Or when Plato was teaching a class and defined a man as a fatherless biped, and Diogenes brought a plucked chicken to the class and said “Behold, Plato’s man!”