#cynics

[jareckiworld]

José Castiella — The Meeting of Cynics (acrylic & oil, on linen, 2022)

[stoicbreviary]

Wisdom from the Early Cynics, Diogenes 30 

When someone reproached Diogenes with his exile, his reply was, "Nay, it was through that, you miserable fellow, that I came to be a philosopher." 

Again, when someone reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, "And I them," said he, "to home-staying." 

Once he saw an Olympic victor tending sheep and thus accosted him: "Too quickly, my good friend, have you left Olympia for Nemea." 

Being asked why athletes are so stupid, his answer was, "Because they are built up of pork and beef." 

He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused." 

In asking alms—as he did at first by reason of his poverty—he used this form: "If you have already given to anyone else, give to me also; if not, begin with me." 

—Diogenes Laërtius, 6.49 

IMAGE: Jean-Bernard Restout, Diogenes Asking for Alms (1767) 

[courtingwonder]

The Philosophy Of Cynicism --- youtube.com/watch?v=Utzym1I_BiY

[dbaydenny]

Cynics dipped in truth

struggling hard against hope,

sure of a fresh miss,

denying any bullseye

is reckoned worth aiming at.

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D W Eldred

[timing-is-a-betch]

[morganoperandi]

“And then everybody applauded right 🙄?”

There is literally nothing implausible about their story and you have no evidence to contradict them, nor any reason to be suspicious because they’re not asking anything if you. This is not a politician trying to buy your vote or an ad for some “wondrous” device or a CEO claiming they can’t possible pay more.

This is a random person on the internet that is sharing a story they find funny or interesting, and you lose absolutely nothing by either believing them, or at least not trying to tear them down for no reason.

You’re just a cynical coot who thinks the world must only be boring.

[eosphoroz]

Couldn’t help myself when I saw this cat with heterochromia...