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Diogenes was a pupil of Antisthenes, a disciple of Socrates. Antisthenes believed that happiness was only obtained by “complete independence”, throwing away comfortable life and living with nothing and in extreme poverty, eating and drinking with his hands only.<\/p>\n
He was an unconventional and controversial philosopher. It was said of Diogenes that throughout his life he “searched with a lantern in the daylight for an honest man.” And though Diogenes apparently did not find an honest man, he had, in the process, “exposed the vanity and selfishness of man.” His goal was to show people how pathetic their superficial lives were and how dishonest society was.
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Antisthenes believed that happiness was only obtained by “complete independence”, throwing away comfortable life and living with nothing and in extreme poverty, eating and drinking with his hands only. He was an unconventional and controversial philosopher. 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