Diogenes of Sinope

412 BCE–323 BCE · Sinope

Diogenes the Cynic (c. 412–323 BCE), the most famous Cynic philosopher, who made poverty and shamelessness a deliberate philosophy and, asked where he came from, answered 'I am a citizen of the world' (kosmopolitēs) — coining cosmopolitanism.

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Born at Sinope on the Black Sea c.412 BCE, son of Hicesias, a banker/money-changer. Diogenes Laertius (6.20) reports he was exiled after a scandal involving defacing or adulterating the coinage (paracharaxis).

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