DIOGENIS THE CYNIC

 WAS GREEK PHILOSOPHER DIOGENES THE CYNIC THE FIRST ANARCHIST?

The ancient Greek philosopher, Diogenis the Cynic, also known as Diogenis from Sinope could have been the first anarchist or absurdist, or the first satirist or the first naturalist, depending on one’s point of view. 

 

By today’s standards, Diogenis was a homeless person, whose goal was the search for wisdom. His unique approach to life had nothing to do with society’s norms or rules, either now or during antiquity.  He found the shelter he needed inside an enormous ceramic pot, rejecting all comforts and luxuries yet his observation about life, politics, and society were amazingly accurate though often they were expressed in offensive language.

 

Born in Sinope, the Ionian city in the Black Sea in 412 or 414 BC, he is considered one of the founders of Cynic philosophy.

 

He believed that social values, material goods, and luxuries kept man away from true happiness which can only be found by living in the simplicity of nature.

 

 

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