The Cynics: questions

The Life of Diogenes

 

Questions to the entire text:

 

  1. What do you know about Diogenes? What kind of person was he?
  2. What roles did Diogenes assume in his life? Illustrate them by his sayings or episodes from his Life.
  3. How does Diogenes participate in the social life? What would you say about his interactions with people?
  4. How did the cynics excite scorn? Why did they do it?
  5. Who and/or what are the targets of Diogenes?
  6. What is his attitude to the authorities?
  7. Can we consider the life of Diogenes an ascetic life? What can you say about his asceticism (if any)?

 

 
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