Diogenes of Sinope: the crazy Ancient Greek philosopher who actually wasn’t crazy at all.
At first look, Diogenes’ preference to sleep in a over-sized ceramic wine jar and his infamous lantern-lit daylight “search for a human being” paint him as Athens’ village eccentric, but every seemingly insane antic served as an active representation of his philosophy and rejection of institutions and societal norms. Although it is said that Diogenes did put his controversial ideas down on paper, none survive, making all that we know of him a matter of hearsay.
