It is therefore appropriate that sculptor Turan Baş depicted Diogenes as holding a lantern and standing on a barrel. When asked why, he’d reply that he was looking for an honest man. It is said that Diogenes used to carry a lantern in the marketplace in the middle of the day, holding it up to shine in the faces of passers-by. However, virtue was central to the life and beliefs of these strange philosophers, who often reprimanded people around them for their moral failings. A strict moralist, Diogenes and his followers believed that you should not do anything in private that you would not also do in public, resulting in a lifestyle that their fellow citizens disgustedly said resembled that of dogs ( kynos). This was an unheard-of rebuke to the most powerful man in the world. The Cynic philosopher, who spent years living in a wine storage jar or barrel in Athens, famously rejected Alexander the Great’s offer to grant him any wish by replying that all he wanted was for Alexander to stop blocking his sunlight. It is fair to say that Diogenes of Sinope (412 or 404 BCE-323 BCE) caused considerable controversy in his time. The significant literary estate of the philosopher who died 1969 in Basel can be found via the DLA website: Diogenes Statue Row Following years of preparation, the German Literary Archive (DLA), which also holds important documentation concerning thinkers such as Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Arnold Gehlen, Nicolai Hartmann, Edith Landmann, Karl Löwith, Odo Marquard, Joachim Ritter and Ernst Tugendhat, has now released all materials. His complete unpublished works, including letters, family archives and photos, as well as audio recordings of the philosopher have been made freely available online. Good news for all fans of existentialist thinker Karl Jaspers (1883-1969). Kripke, Noddings and Shoemaker dead - News reports by Anja Steinbauer Jaspers Online. SUBSCRIBE NOW News News: October/November 2022 Karl Jaspers Reloaded
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