2026-06-28
34 分钟Hello, everyone.
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So if you've been a fan of philosophy for a while now,
maybe at some point you've heard the stories about a guy named Diogenes
who used to live in a tub on the streets of ancient Greece.
Maybe you've even heard the stories of all the wacky stuff he used to get caught up in over the years.
Like the time Alexander the Great came to town,
and when he asked specifically to meet Diogenes in the street, and he asked him if there was anything
he could do for him as the most powerful person in the world at the time.
Diogenes says to him, yeah, there is one thing you could do for me.
Can you move about four feet to your left?
You're blocking the sun for my sunbathing right now.
Maybe you've heard the story of the time that he plucked a chicken