Diogenes Quotes


I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.


Citations

Diogenes, 412 BC-322 BC, Greek Philosopher, Quoted in Burton Stevenson, The Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern, 1937

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Diogenes
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  • Nationality: Greek
  • Profession: Philosopher

Diogenes (/daɪˈɒdʒɪniːz/ dy-OJ-in-eez; Ancient Greek: Διογένης, romanized: Diogénēs [di.oɡénɛ͜ɛs]), also known as Diogenes the Cynic (Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός, Diogénēs ho Kynikós), was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea coast of modern-day Turkey, in 412 or 404 BC and died at Corinth in 323 BC.