Diogenes

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>>9212905
Behold, a Man.

Honest question I've been wanting to ask for a while but didn't want to start a new thread for it:

When I was 13 I walked into the restrooms and saw a grown man standing in an open cubicle jacking off in my direction. He saw me come in, but didn't stop.

I respect Diogenes a lot, but what really separates Diogenes from a pervert or a vagrant. I mean, he had a philosophy behind his actions, but externally men who play with their dicks on subways around pretty girls have a kind of animal abandon, it'd be hard to tell them apart unless you knew the person.

>>9212910
Kek

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>>9212929
There is no difference. Those people are better than you and most people.

>>9212929
Well, it's an interesting question. I guess the difference is really that he had a philosophy behind his actions (so rationality, maybe?). I think its like asking what's the difference between a 3yo who questions everything and socrates, Schopenhauer and an edgy sad teenager, and your drunkard friend and epicurus.

>>9212929
why do you respect Diogenes? he just seems like an asshole to to me.

>>9212929
basically the only difference is charm and reputation/social status. which is generally how people get away with the kind of shit your describing every day.

>>9212910
lmao

>>9213052
Pleb

>>9212905
Diogenes the Cynic - Sayings and Anecdotes, With Other Popular Moralists @ Oxford

>>9212929
Askesis, plus Diogenes' antics being a message to his fellow citizens. Whereas the man you saw was pleasuring himself in a fucking restroom.

>>9212905
The oxford book on ther cynics is best in my opinion, the history of philosophy without any gaps episode on him is also good supplemental material.

>>9214947
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Much appreciated. Curious, what are your opinions on the man?

>>9212905
"critique of cynical reason"

>>9215029
He's a very entertaining read, a pactical man of principles, and the last sane man left in town.