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[-] who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago

Cynics saw the dog as the greatest example of a virtuous life, hence the dog in the statue.

[-] spike@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

People referred to diogenes as a dog as a form of insult, but diogenes was like "YOU KNOW WHAT FUCKERS? THAT SHOE FUCKING FITS." and then he called himself "Diogenes the dog".

As you could maybe tell I may have paraphrased a bit. But who knows, I don't speak old greek. I had latin in school.

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