I genuinely think he's overhated, that he's onto something and there may be a lot of extremely good wisdom to extract from his teachings. Where to start?

>>24539250 (OP)
I think he would have found an honest man if he would have talked to a downie

a prophet is hated in his own time

>>24539250 (OP)
Reddit

>>24539250 (OP)
Go live like a homeless coomer and find out yourself

>>24539250 (OP)
Reddit

>>24539250 (OP)
You "think" he is overhated and then proceed to ask where to start. What kind of logic is this ? How can you tell the value of someone's philosophy without reading it ? Moreover on what base can you tell he is overhated ?
You may want to start to learn basic logic and argumentation before reading any philosophy.
Come back to /lit/ when you will be an actual reader

>>24539250 (OP)
>Where to start?
Nowhere, he didn't write anything

>>24539250 (OP)
Pic related has a lecture on Diogenes in it as well as rebuttals from men who lived in his own time like Plato. Hegel generally has a negative view of Diogenes iirc. I’m rereading this awesome collection of lectures rn

>>24539273
Diogenes wore beggar’s clothes to show how humble he was and it is said there was a hole in them right at the crotch area whereat Plato remarked “Diogenes, I see your glory through the hole!” Ie his ‘glory’ but also his hubris in trying to make a show of how frugally he lived